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Object NamePaperweight Beads
Made FromGlass, Aventurine, Metal
Date1900-1991
TechniqueLampworked, wound
SizeOverall L: 36.5 cm
Accession Number91.3.217
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Place Made
probably Czechoslovakia
Physical DescriptionPaperweight Beads. 8 pink roses with aventurine and green leaves on opaque blue ground encased in colorless, circular, lampworked, brass eye attached and strung in cluster of 4; 4 flecks of aventurine encased in colorless, lampworked, barrel shaped; 16 transparent cobalt blue oblate discs; 32 translucent opalescent, wound, circular; 38 colorless with satin finish; 2 opaque white swirls encased in colorless, circular, lampworked; 34 colorless oblate discs; 12 colorless faceted bicones; 4 colorless faceted circular. Strung on linen(?).
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