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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Linen, Aventurine
TechniqueLampworked, mold-pressed, wound
SizeOverall L: 38.o cm
Accession Number91.3.143
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical Description36 ovoid opaque, pale blue, wound, applied design, aventurine horizontal stripe, roses, forget-me-nots, blue and white cane thread, lampworked; 42 circular opalescent "frosted" or "crackle" beads; mold-pressed; four transparent pale blue circular beads, wound, strung on waxed linen and repeated in sequence.
Provenance
Former Collection Arline B. Oliphant
Transcendence
Karina Malling
2016
fragment
1400-1085 BCE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE
Whitefriars Inkwell
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1850-1860
Corning Glass Works, Fallbrook
about 1944-1946