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Object Name6 Beads, Fancy Type with Delft Patterns

Made FromGlass

Date1600-1899

TechniqueLampworked

SizeLargest 2.3 cm x .9 cm; smallest 1.5 cm x .8 cm

Accession Number70.3.204

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

Exhibitions

Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead

Place Made

Italy, Venice

Physical Description6 Beads, Fancy Type with Delft Patterns. Venetian Fancy - elliptical shape; assorted beads with Delft pattern; (a) translucent red with decoration applied in blue and white trail; (b) two opaque with blue decoration; one clearly much older than the other, possibly early 18th century; (c) two white with red Delft pattern; (d) one opaque with alternating red and blue Delft pattern.
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