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Bead comprising two parts, fused together.
Translucent blue, with opaque white.
Large irregular cylindrical bead, with hole in one end of body; stem, decorated with white spiral trail in relief, applied to top of bead.
Broken and chipped on one side; iridescence and creamy weathering on surface, some iridescence on jagged edges.
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Title: Glass bead
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: Diam.: 3/4 x 11/16 in. (2 x 1.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession Number: 91.1.2054
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