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Object Name6 Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1850-1910
Place MadeItaly, Venice
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number70.3.196
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description(A) One bead - Venetian surface decoration - cylindrical yellow body; (B) four beads - Venetian surface decoration - cylindrical shape with a yellow core; with two types of surface decoration: (1) elongated eyes made by blue on white trail against red background; with an average of eight isolated eyes per bead; (2) scattered red spots; (C) one bead - Venetian surface decoration - pseudo millefiori, yellow cylindrical with eyes consisting of red trailed circle and center usually consisting of blob of blue and white trail; another variety in this string in which the eye consists of light blue circle with brown center.
Provenance
Source H. Alastair Lamb