Bead Inlay

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Object Name: 
Bead Inlay
Place Made: 
possibly Egypt
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
76.1.85
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1 cm, W: 1 cm,Th: 0.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25 BCE-99 CE
Credit Line: 
Gift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Primary Description: 
Canes of translucent amethyst, opaque brick-red and opaque white glass, dull surface with some pitting and brown incrustation; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, longitudinally pierced for suspension. Square bead consisting of a central round face in opaque white with creatures delineated in amethyst, small red mouth, the entire cased in translucent medium blue then in an opaque red square with concave sides, concavities infilled with opaque white squaring out the form.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Former Collection
Berkowitz, Carl, Source
1976-01-01
Content, Derek, Source
1976-01-01
Category: 
Roman
Beads
Color: 
Translucent amethyst
Technique: 
mosaic glass or millefiori technique

Exhibitions (1)

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1995-06-03 through 1995-10-22

Publications (1)

Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, p. 274, #821; BIB# 29547