Antique Venetian Lampwork, Green "Fancy Beads" with Raised Designs, Set of 2
SKU: AFE-2049
Sale price
$9.00
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Only 1 in stock
Description
- These beads are priced and sold as a set of 2 beads
- Green "Fancy" or "Wedding Cake" beads, so called because the surface design can sometimes be over the top. The raised design of delicate loops and swirls of glass also makes these beads fragile and not suited the rough travel they have to endure - first in the holds of ships from Italy to West Africa, then in burlap bags by truck on bumpy roads and finally in boxes tossed on a plane and tossed off again when they arrive in the USA. As a result these beads are rarely in pristine condition and many don't survive at all.
- These one of these still has most of it's decor, while the other had lost the raised parts but the image of where it was can still be seen. The price takes the condition into account.
- Made in Venice, Italy late 1800s or early 1900s
- Only one set available