accessory worn at the waist or below

Object Name30 Millefiori Beads

Made FromGlass

Date1845-1950

Place MadeItaly, Venice

TechniqueWound, fused, millefiori

SizeOverall L (closed): 43.4 cm; Average Bead L: 3 cm, W: 1.1 cm

Accession Number70.3.119-2

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern
Early Modern

Exhibitions

Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead

Not On View

Physical Description30 Millefiori Beads. Thirty beads on a waist string, Full millefiori with cellular effect; black core; homogeneous; closely related millefiori pattern of yellow center; red, white, blue, yellow, red, white and blue; foliated eyes.
Provenance

Source H. Alastair Lamb