bead
Object NameBead
Made FromGlass
Date500-699
Place MadeWestern Europe; Merovingian Kingdom
Techniqueformed, trailed
SizeOverall H: 2.4 cm; Diam: 4.1 cm
Accession Number99.1.5
Credit LineGift of the Wunsch Foundation, Inc.
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionWhite opaque, yellow opaque, and green semi-opaque glass; formed around rod, trailed. Biconical bead; biconical, with circular perforation (D: 0.5-0.9 cm). Surface has irregular marbled appearance made by dragging white, yellow, and green trails, which are flush with surface; yellow trail wound very roughly one and one-half times around one end of perforation; second yellow trail wound almost twice around greatest diameter; third trail wound around other end of perforation; first and second trails flush with white surface, third in low relief. Glass has large bubbles.Provenance
Source
Wunsch Foundation Inc.
- 1998-11-15
1299-1200 BCE
399 BCE-399 CE
about 1200-1299
100 BCE-100 CE
1975-2010