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bead
Object Type
bead
Museum number
1902,1108.148
Description
Fifty-three glass beads; includig six polychrome; one with two copper alloy rings attached.
Cultures/periods
Merovingian
Production date
6thC-7thC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Mosel, River
(?|region)
Found/Acquired:
Moselle, River
(?|region)
Found/Acquired:
Rhine, River
(?|region)
Materials
glass
copper alloy
Curator's comments
Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager ‘Summary Catalogue’ (draft MS) Provenance: Unrecorded, but said to be from "the district of the Rhine and Moselle", Germany; recent research has shown that the vendor has been notoriously unreliable. Given by The Friends of The British Museum Acquired from David Reiling of Mainz through Max Rosenheim Published: DILLON E. 1907. Glass. London, pl. XV:5
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Friends of the British Museum
Purchased through:
David Reiling
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1902,1108.148