Roman Glass Pieces

These listings are either for a hand-picked assortment of 3 pieces, each will contain two holes and includes several small spacers - or - a heart with 2 small spacers. While we have the hearts listed so you can choose your desired pieces, the assortment packs will be pulled by our staff at random.

Adorn yourself with a genuine piece of antiquity with authentic Roman glass beads, handcrafted by artisans over 2,000 years ago. Born from the revolutionary glassblowing boom of the 1st century BCE, each unique bead was shaped using ancient mandrel-winding and rod-drawing techniques in workshops across the Roman Empire. These treasures traveled the world as valuable currency along the Silk Road, eventually resting in the earth for two millennia. Over centuries of burial, contact with mineral-rich soil naturally oxidized the glass, gracing each bead with a one-of-a-kind, shimmering iridescent patina that makes it a breathtaking, wearable masterpiece.