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Vol. 37 (2025)

Glass Bead Production Wasters Related to the First “De Twee Rozen” Glasshouse (1621-1657) in Amsterdam

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5399/
Submitted
August 21, 2025
Published
December 22, 2025

Abstract

This report presents an illustrated inventory of the numerous beads, rejects, and bead production tube remnants recovered from a documented glassworks in Amsterdam which operated primarily during the second quarter of the 17th century. It is intended as a supplement to an earlier published article. Also included is a discussion of the difficulty in identifying Dutch beads in archaeological collections since other contemporary European beadmaking centers also made some of the varieties produced in Amsterdam. Compositional analysis may help resolve this situation.