Each of the handmade glass reproduction beads sold by Tillerman Beads which can be seen in the online shop and the galleries on the Mancunium website are as accurately reproduced and as true to the original source material as possible.
Each bead we offer is referenced with information about the original source material, each bead is handmade in Britain, and presented with knowledge of not only the bead background but made with an understanding of the creation of each bead. All the provenance for the beads is based on documented material, such as archaeological reports and museum finds. We never use information from sites such as auction or sale houses which offer unprovenanced beads which may be collected under unethical conditions or have inaccurate attributions.
Many of the beads in the galleries are from work done to supply museum shops or by special request for people who have particular requirements, such as owning a copy of an excavated artefact.
We also provide a page with general reference material and will answer questions about resources and research by email if you wish to contact us. The amount of research we have done over the years is too extensive to put online, links to the information are available on the ‘Resources’ page.
