25th July 2010, 11:56 AM
Green glass isn't uncommon, it looks like a drawn-glass bead rather than wound, and may be a pressed bead. Drawn beads are made from a tube of glass which is made by gathering a blob of molten glass at the end of a hollow tube, blowing an air bubble into the middle and then pulling the glass into a tube. Most small beads are made this way. Its tapered shape could be from a press, many lengths of glass rod were pressed and then cut into lengths of beads, it could be half of a biconical bead too.
I don't have my bead books at home but I'll look and see if I can find an equivalent for it on Monday.
-Su
I don't have my bead books at home but I'll look and see if I can find an equivalent for it on Monday.
-Su
Prime practitioner of headology, with a side order of melting glass with a stern glare.