I’ve been saving these ancient Roman Glass beads for so long, and I finally pulled them out to make something for you. The beads includes Olive colored Roman glass, apatite, coral, amethyst, agate, phosphosiderite and one blue Russian glass bead, which is approximately 300 years old. it is strung on a jeweler’s elastic and measures approximately 7 inches.
ROMAN GLASS
Along the Silk Road, and in many other parts of the Near East, there were glass making centers that specialized in making vessels, bottles, cups, flasks, and other household goods that were sold along trade routes. These glass making centers were active for hundreds of years. When the glass goods were made defective, or broke, the glass makers threw them into a pit, also known as a midden. Some pits are enormous, at several feet deep and as long as a football field, and full of broken glass. After the Middle Ages, when trade was increasingly carried by ship, trade along the Silk Road decreased, and many of these glass making sites ceased production.
The glass used to make these beads is from a glass making center located along the Silk Road in what was formerly known as the Kingdom of Bactria at Bimyan, in present day Northern Afghanistan. This particular site was active from around the time of Christ to about 1000 AD. The villagers in that area dig up the broken pieces, and then shape them into beads and pendants.
Although everyone in the bead business refers to this type of glass as “Roman Glass,” it is specifically “Roman Era Glass” or “Silk Road Glass.”I was lucky to visit that area of the world in 1997. It is a beautiful part of the world filled with so much history and culture.
One of a Kind Olive Roman Glass Stretch Bracelet
$78.00
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I’ve been saving these ancient Roman Glass beads for so long, and I finally pulled them out to make something for you. The beads includes Olive colored Roman glass, apatite, coral, amethyst, agate, phosphosiderite and one blue Russian glass bead, which is approximately 300 years old. it is strung on a jeweler’s elastic and measures approximately 7 inches.
ROMAN GLASS
Along the Silk Road, and in many other parts of the Near East, there were glass making centers that specialized in making vessels, bottles, cups, flasks, and other household goods that were sold along trade routes. These glass making centers were active for hundreds of years. When the glass goods were made defective, or broke, the glass makers threw them into a pit, also known as a midden. Some pits are enormous, at several feet deep and as long as a football field, and full of broken glass. After the Middle Ages, when trade was increasingly carried by ship, trade along the Silk Road decreased, and many of these glass making sites ceased production.
The glass used to make these beads is from a glass making center located along the Silk Road in what was formerly known as the Kingdom of Bactria at Bimyan, in present day Northern Afghanistan. This particular site was active from around the time of Christ to about 1000 AD. The villagers in that area dig up the broken pieces, and then shape them into beads and pendants.
Although everyone in the bead business refers to this type of glass as “Roman Glass,” it is specifically “Roman Era Glass” or “Silk Road Glass.” I was lucky to visit that area of the world in 1997. It is a beautiful part of the world filled with so much history and culture.
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