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Description: | A blue glass bead of unknown date. The annular bead is made from semi-translucent light blue glass with small bubbles visible in the structure and tiny chips over all of the outer face. One end of the bead is higher on one side than the other. The asymetrical form probably comes from the winding process during manufacture. The bead is 9.3mm diameter, 8.3mm tall and 0.89g. The central hole is circular and 3.8mm diameter.Blue glass was used from the Bronze Age to the 20th century and blue glass beads are often impossible to date. 20th century examples are published in Torben Sode (1996), Anatolske glasperler. Copenhagen: Forlaget Thot. They were often used on lace making bobbins as well as jewellary. Compare SWYOR-5FE178 and SWYOR-A42E83
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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