Millefiori Antique Trade Beads, Turquoise, Yellow & Clear Glass, Short Cylinders, Sold Individually
SKU: JSD-1327
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$9.50
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Description
- These beads are priced and sold individually
- The light yellow color and the use of transparent and translucent glass dates these toward the end of millefiori African trade beads era about 1920-25
- The translucent glass with the turquoise and even more so the transparent glass with they yellow gives us the ability to look deep into the bead and see the three dimensionality of the murrine.
- Made in Venice, Italy for the African trade, early 1900s
- From the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator
- Seeral of these were chosen to be part of the Bead Timeline Exhibit at the Bead Museum in Washington, DC