St Patrick's Isle Pagan Lady Burial Glass Bead
Date made: Viking: 800-1265
Description: Globular, opaque white, decorated with three millefiori circular discs of a central blue dot with straight red and white rays with no border.
Scientific analysis of chemical composition by Julian Henderson showed a content of mostly silica dioxide for the matrix.
Part of conjectured necklace reconstruction (right side).
Measurements: 9mm; hole 3mm x 6mm
Materials: glass
Date found: 1984-09-07
Object name: bead
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 1984-0016/91