Anxient Babylonian Artifact Bead

Description

This barrel-shaped silver core bead measures 7/8" long by 3/4" wide with a 3/8" wide hole. Glass is Roccio Leonardo clear which has a yellowish/lt. amber cast to it with some iridescence if it catches the light just right. The silver core has little people of an ancient culture imprinted in the silver. Unfortunately, it does not show up on the photos--the photos do not give this bead any justice. The design is inspired by Barbara Becker Simon--I took a class by her down in Miami on silver core beads at the International Society of Glass Beadmakers conference. The wide hole of the bead will give the jewelry designer a free reign of designs--whether to string this bead on multistrands of seed beads, a large chain, a string of small pearls, etc.

Added on Oct 31, 2009