Millefiori bead

45MSM
Germanic millefiori mosaic bead
Date: European Migration period, 5-7 century
Mosaic glass

Bead's matrix is formed by folding a premanufactured mosaic strip over a rod. Composed of applied alternatively square sections: concentric with red center and quatrefoil leaves. Yellow caps at each end.
Intact, very good condition.
Height 13 mm, diameter 13 mm

For similar published beads in museum collections see:
- Koch, Ursula. Das Reihengräberfeld bei Schretzheim. Berlin, 1977. Teil 1-Text ;Teil 2- Katalog und Tafeln, farbtafel 6: M58