Antique Venetian Lampwork, Rare White Core with Blue Peacock Designs, Set of 5
SKU: AFE-2009
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Description
- These beads are priced and sold by the set of 5
- This unusual set contains a King bead with a yellow core decorated in the same eye style as the other beads in the set. It's the only example I've seen.
- The soft bicone king bead measures 13x19mm, the short cylinders 12x9mm and the longer brick shapes 20x9mm
- When the "eyes" (dots within dots) are clear as they are in this set, the design is also sometimes called "peacock" with the blue streaks representing the feathers and the eyes, representing those that can be seen at the ends of peacock feathers
- Blue lamworked beads are relatively rare and I've been lucky to acquire several with a recent collection. It may be that blue without white underneath was so dark that it registered as almost black and that's the reason it wasn't much used on it's own.
- Made in Venice, Italy early 1800s.