Museum of London Ceramics and Glass Collection Museum of London Ceramics and Glass Collection Ceramics Glass

Glass object

bead

Accession number: NN23865
Production date: Medieval
Material: glass
Measurements: L 11 mm; DM 9 mm
Museum Section: Medieval
Summary: Bead, black glass (or jet?). Slightly oval in shape, central hole drilled through. recovered from a 15th century rubbish pit. Possibly from a rosary?
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)