Trade Bead

Name/Title

Trade Bead

Description

Three tubular opalescent drawn beads.

Made/Created

Date made

1725 - 1780

Place

* Untyped Place

Holland

Notes

These are formed of sections of tubing that was drawn out from a hollow gather of molten glass. Stripes were formed by placing blobs or rods of coloured glass on the gather before it was drawn out. The ends of the tube segments were rounded by subsequent heating and agitation.

Location

* Untyped Location

Mezzanine East Case

Relationships

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

Manilla Wreck