Lampwork, Antique Venetian, Olive Shape Green with Spiral Stripes, Sets of 4
SKU: JSD-1013
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$15.00
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Description
- These beads are priced and sold by the set of 4
- Green olive (oval) shape beads14x10mm with spiraling stripes of red & yellow
- Great size for earrings and also nice for bracelets. All in perfect condition.
- Made in Venice, Italy mid -1800s to early 1900s
- The name lampworking comes from the lamps (torches today) that artists use to melt the very thin rods of glass for applying decoration to the surface of beads.
- The bead cores were produced in the furnaces of larger Venetian glass workshops before being sent to artists working at home to decorate them. This explains the variations we see in similar designs produced over decades.
- From the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator.