BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE GREEN VIKING BEAD ANCIENT ARTIFACT... -1

Vikings occupied about half of what is today, England, from 866-1067. They farmed and ran small industries working in wood, iron stone and glass. With a history of conquest and plunder, beads were an important part of their culture and they produced them in the English settlement of York which they called Jorvik. .Excavations in the 1970’s and 80’s revealed a great deal of information about Viking culture and manufacturing and beads exactly matching this one are preserved from those excavations. Measures .31"(8.0mm) diameter and hand wound over a mandrel which was then removed leaving the hole. You cans see the taper of the hole which allowed the mandrel to be removed. The comparable example which is published is the exact color and as it is photographed under strong light, the imperfections within show. If you hold this bead to a light, exactly the imperfections show, leading to the conclusion that it was produced in the York England same shop as the published museum bead. This is a fine antiquity and would be the centerpiece of a modern jewelry creation. Condition is as shown. vbg6