Twenty-nine Beads

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Object Name: 
Twenty-nine Beads
Place Made: 
Italy
Accession Number: 
73.3.112
Dimensions: 
2.2 cm x 1.3 cm (average size)
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1800-1899
Primary Description: 
Millefiori - cylindrical; black core; circular eyes compressed into an elliptical shape, yellow center, red, white, and blue with four white stripes; full millefiori.

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Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Lamb, Alastair, Source
Category: 
Beads
Color: 
yellow
blue
black
red
white