22 Inch Ancient Bead Necklace up to 2000 Years Roman Period - mixed beads including Roman Gold Foil popular Beads

You are buying this collection of approximately 22 inch temporarily strung necklace with Roman Period glass beads approximately 2000 years old. As seen these include a Roman gold foil beads, as well as many faceted crystal and many great colors. The production of Roman Glass can be traced back all the beginning of the 1st century AD. Initially, Roman Glass was produced and created using ancient Hellenistic glass making techniques. The majority of these manufacturing techniques were very tedious and usually took a ton of time. Due to this, the Roman Glass industry in its early years was a relatively trivial artisan craft that wasn't practiced by many. The most common glass artifacts that were produced during this period we vases and other vessels popular used to carry water. These Roman Glass artifacts were traded along the Silk Road and eventually made their way to places like Western Asia and the Middle East. In the late 1st Century glassblowing techniques were starting to get developed and the implementation of these techniques led to more intricate glass artifacts to be created. Since glassblowing was such a fast was to produce artisan glass the Roman Glass industry exploded and an excess of glass tools, pottery, decorations and various other items were made and sold in Roman markets and traded across the world. Roman Glass production reached its peak in the 2nd Century AD. Roman Glass was being used for windows and was being dyed in various colors like blue and green. The Roman Glass fragments you see today being used as beads can be from items like jars, goblets, windows, bowls, and vases. These are 100% authentic Roman period beads. These will make a one of a kind necklace or display as is, sold with a Certificate of Authenticity with a lifetime money back guarantee. You receive exactly the beads pictured here.