Millefiori Antique Trade Beads, Warm Amber & Brick with a Hint of Blue, 26x12mm
Millefiori Antique Trade Beads, Warm Amber & Brick with a Hint of Blue, 26x12mm
Millefiori Antique Trade Beads, Warm Amber & Brick with a Hint of Blue, 26x12mm

Millefiori Antique Trade Beads, Warm Amber & Brick with a Hint of Blue, 26x12mm

SKU: AFE-1564
Sale price $9.50

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Description

  • Antique millefiori trade bead wam amber and brick colors 26x12mm
  • This early bead has a simple color palette and subtle beauty despite being a little banged up. These beads did travel thousands of miles from Europe to Africa - often in the holds of ships as ballast - before beginning their voyage to the west...
  • The early bundled cane method was used to make concentric circles of amber, red, white, red, and amber. Narrow blue and while lines separate the rows of murrine.
  • Made in Venice, Italy for the African trade, early 1800s
  • Only one available