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Object Name8 Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1845-1950
Place MadeItaly, Venice
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number70.3.123
Curatorial Area(s)
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Physical Description(a)Two beads - Millefiori - cylindrical; alternating vertical bands of plain yellow and millefiori bands (three bands of each); millefiori bands consist of circular eyes of yellow, red, white and dark blue; dark blue core; (b) two beads - Millefiori - cylindrical; alternating bands of plain yellow and millefiori bands (three bands of each; millefiori bands consist of circular eyes of yellow, red, white, blue, yellow, red, white and blue; appears to be a very thin dark core; (c) three beads - Millefiori - cylindrical; alternating bands of plain yellow with millefiori bands (three bands of each); millefiori bands consist of foliated eyes in white, blue, white, red, white and blue; white cored Chevron arrangement; (d) one bead - Millefiori - cylindrical; alternating bands of millefiori eyes and stripes consisting of red center with red, white and blue stripes (these bands probably flattened canes); dark core; eyes with circular centers of yellow, foliated red, white and translucent green; the decoration recalls the "Rosetta" type.
Provenance
Source H. Alastair Lamb