Type: Germanic Glass Bead
Material: Glass
Origin: Merovingian dynasty, 650 - 750 AD
Found in: Southern Germany/Swiss
Technique: Wound glass with zig-zag trailing
Age: ca. 1500 years
Design: zig-zag trailing
Shape: Round
Color/s: Transparent green with red and yellow zig-zags
Condition: Very good
Size: 28x23 mm
Perforation: 5-6 mm
Weight: 25,9 g
Quantity: 1
Comments: Such beads are not widly known among advanced beadcollectors. One reason might be that post-Roman European glassbeads are not only rare, but possibly not in focus of American and Asian collectors. Nevertheless - such beads are not only pretty, but are also very well executed, with Germanic beadmakers possibly trained by late Roman makers. I will add some 20 more pieces of this era - in case of interest, you can contact us to see them before they are online! There relatively high prices are due to their scarcity and a high self-cost!