Repaired Venetian black glass torpedo 'face' trade bead.

A reassembled torpedo shaped (large bicone) glass ‘face’ bead. The glass is a dark brown when subjected to bright torchlight and virtually opaque. The bead has a single white face and three red/yellow/white dot decorations with feathered trailed glass decoration to the ends.

Provenance: Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury
Dimensions: 4cms x 2.9cms diameter. Tube is approx. 3mm diameter.
Weight: 33.4gms
Condition: Good. Some chips to ends. See photographs. (18)

Books referenced.

‘A Bead Timeline Vol.1 Prehistory to 1200CE’. James Lankton. ISBN 0-97-25066-1-6
‘The Worldwide History of Beads’. Lois Sherr Dubin. ISBN 978-0-500-29177-1
‘Glass Beads from Europe’. Sibylle Jargstorf. ISBN 0-88740-839-7
‘Beads. A History and Collector’s Guide’. Stefany Tomalin. ISBN 978-1-4456-5865-0
‘A Handbook on Beads’. W.G.N. van der Sleen. ISBN 2-87011-008-1