Necklace I

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Object Name: 
Necklace
Title: 
Necklace I
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
95.3.46
Dimensions: 
Overall L: 47.5 cm; Diam (Beads): 4.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1994
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass, opaque red glass enamel, metallic bronze and silver, coral red; blown, tooled, enameled, assembled. Necklace comprised of twelve slightly flattened hemi-spherical bubbles of colorless (tooled holes on broad sides), third bubble from one end has been completely covered in red enamel mixed with sand; bubbles are strung together with four strands of silver wire, where wires passes through each bubble they are strung with bronze beads (with scattered beveled edges and sides) interspersed with coral beads; flattened silver bead spacer between each glass bead; both strand ends with round silver beads and double metal hook closure; engraved in block letters around the outside opening of final glass bead (at end with red bead): "MIEKE GROOT94".
Provenance: 
Briaggiotti Gallery, Source
1995-05-10
Color: 
Material: 
Inscription: 
MIEKE GROOT94
engraved label
End of last bead
Mieke Groot and Richard Meitner
Venue(s)
Braggiotti Gallery 1994-12-03 through 1995-01-22