Millefiori Antique Venetian Trade Bead, Complex Bundled Cane in Amber & Brick, 30x11mm
SKU: AFE-1471
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Description
- This antique Venetian millefiori bead boasts an elaborate bundled cane design that looks like a pinwheel. 30x11mm in excellent condition
- Bundled cane was the earliest method the Venetians developed for making millefiori beads
- Though the bead was made in Venice, these colors ochre and terracotta, or amber and brick, as I usually call them are the essential colors of Florence "cradle of the Renaissance".
- The square cross section of this bead makes it even more special
- Made in Venice, Italy for the African trade, early 1800s