Record ID: CORN-D59B29
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Iron Age or Roman (c.300 BC - AD 410) translucent cobalt blue annular glass wound bead, with a wavy or scrabble pattern, which was probably originally white glass. The pattern is in poor condition and has degraded, possibly due to poor workmanship when annealing the bead. This can occur when the heat is not constant or through cooling the bead too quickly when removed from the furnace. The surface of the bead is damaged. Guido (1978) illustrates a similar bead of this style in plate 1, no.10d and classifies it as Group 5A on page 14. While handmade beads with trailed decorat…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-30641A
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass donut-shaped bead, circular in plan and ovoid in profile, with a circular perforation that is 3 mm in diameter. The upper face of he bead, around the aperture, and the lower face are not quite parallel, suggesting that the bead was finished off by hand. The bead is cobalt blue in colour and slighly translucent. This colour is commonly used in later glass beads, but this type and the way it was produced suggests that it could be Romano-British or Medieval in date. Crummy (1983) illustrates two similar small dark blue glass beads on page 33, fig.34, nos.562 & 628, which are dat…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Record ID: CORN-30548B
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete glass bead, ovoid in shape and in section as it has been split in half so that the central perforation can be seen to be very straight-sided and cylindrical in shape. The perforation is 6.9 mm long and 1.6 mm in diameter. The bead is cobalt blue in colour and opaque. Its shape and colour are typical of beads from the Roman and post-Roman period. Quinnell (2004) illustrates similar blue glass beads found at Trethurgy on page 92, fig.52, nos.19 & 21, which are dated from AD 325-375 and post AD 500 respectively.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: CORN-CC203C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass bead that is black in colour and slightly translucent, with swirling patterns within the glass, but worn and scratched on the surface. The bead is circular in plan and asymmetrically ovoid in profile, with a cylindrical central perforation and a lip on the edge of the hole, which shows that the molten glass would have been twisted and rolled around a central rod during its manufacture. Crummy (1983) illustrates a similar short barrel bead on page 33, Fig.34, No.628, which is dated from the post-Roman period. Roman beads in stratified local contexts are rare, but examples of simi…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Sunday 25th May 2014
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Record ID: CORN-842694
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass cobalt blue bead, worn and pitted with mottled colouration within the glass. The bead is circular in plan and ovoid in profile, with a cylindrical central perforation and a lip on the edge of the hole, which shows that the molten glass would have been twisted and rolled around a central rod during its manufacture. Crummy (1983) illustrates a similar short oblate bead on page 33, Fig.34, No.562, which is dated from the post-Roman period. Roman beads in stratified local contexts are rare, but examples of blue glass beads have been found at Trethurgy, St. Austell and are illustrate…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Record ID: CORN-D79B16
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass annular bead of light, blue-green translucent glass, sub-circular in plan and ovoid in profile, with a large uneven aperture of about 5 mm in diameter that appears to have been cut away by hand, or wrapped around a rod that would not have been quite cylindrical. Similar to Roman beads recorded in HESH-1CE5C1 and BUC-89BC47. Crummy (1983) illustrates similar examples of light green / blue glass beads excavated from the Roman period levels at Colchester on page 32, Fig.33, Nos.549 & 553, which are dated from the mid 1st century to the late 4th century . Locally, a similarly …
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 9th October 2012
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Record ID: CORN-1967B3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass bead, exposed to the sun and weather so that it is now light blue, but was probably a cobalt blue colour originally. The bead is circular in plan and section and spherical in profile, with a narrowing central perforation and a lip on the edge of the hole, which shows that the molten glass would have been twisted and rolled around a central rod during its manufacture. Crummy (1983) illustrates a similar short oblate bead on page 33, Fig.34, No.617, which is dated from the 3rd to the 4th century AD. Roman beads in stratified local contexts are rare, but examples of blue glass…
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0F1AD1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark blue glass bead, circular in plan and section and spherical in profile, with a narrowing central perforation and a lip on the edge of the hole, which shows that the molten glass would have been twisted and rolled around a central rod during its manufacture. Crummy (1983) illustrates a similar short oblate bead on page 33, Fig.34, No.617, which is dated from the 3rd to the 4th century AD. Quinnell (2004) illustrates a similar dark blue glass bead from Trethurgy on page 92, Fig.52, No.19, which is dated to c.AD 325-375.
Created on: Monday 29th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-6C85C1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spherical, annular, cobalt blue glass bead with a trailed white glass paste pattern and a central hole with a diameter of 4 mm. White opaque glass threads have been coiled around the blue glass bead and then marvered. The white threads were then pulled upwards to create this wave pattern. The bead compares in size and shape to an example in Crummy (1983) on page 33, Fig.34, No.617, in colour to No.562, and in style of decoration to Fig.33, Nos.543 & 546 which both have marvered trails and are dated to the Roman period. Roman beads in stratified local contexts are r…
Created on: Saturday 31st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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