necklace
Object NameNecklace with Widget-eye Bead
Made FromGlass, faience, carnelian, bone, stone, Egyptian blue
Dateafter 1500 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
TechniqueCast, wound, trail decorated
SizeOverall (closed) L: 19.3 cm; Pendant H: 1.6 cm, L: 2.2 cm
Accession Number50.1.47
Credit LineGift of George D. Macbeth
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Not On View
Physical DescriptionNecklace. One hundred ten cast and wound beads of glass, faience carnelian, bone, stone and Egyptian blue with a widget-eye pendant; many cast and wound beads, several beads have been trail decorated, others are multiple colors. Several cornerless cubes have been recut, wound beads are primarily opaque yellow, translucent green and yellow-green, translucent emerald- green, translucent deep blue, turquoise, translucent amethyst, and translucent greenish yellow-brown; at least one bead has a translucent green center with contrasting sides while several light green beads appear to have been broken off a tube.Provenance
Source
George D. Macbeth
(1892-1968) - 1916-1950
Former Collection
George Alexander Macbeth
(American, 1845-1916) - 1914-09-21-1916
The receipt from Chaucer’s Head Library to George A. Macbeth states that the object came from “The collection of Lord Hastings”
The receipt from Chaucer’s Head Library to George A. Macbeth states that the object came from “The collection of Lord Hastings”
Former Collection
Chaucer’s Head Library
- 1914-09-21
The receipt from Chaucer’s Head Library to George A. Macbeth states that the object came from “The collection of Lord Hastings”
The receipt from Chaucer’s Head Library to George A. Macbeth states that the object came from “The collection of Lord Hastings”
Former Collection
Lord Hastings
