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The Frost Trade Bead Collection Gallery

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Marblized and Millefiori-patterned Beads

The first column of this card shows beads with surface designs that are made up of almost randomly placed canes melted together. The right column features oblong beads with cane slices on the surface in rows. The bottom three rows of the right column are among the types that Stephen A. Frost & Son exported to Africa.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
Photographed by Gary Andrashko, ISM
ISM Accession #: 1941-0083

Marblized and Millefiori-patterned Beads

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