{"product_id":"millefiori-antique-venetian-trade-bead-elbow-large-with-roosters-60x14mm","title":"Millefiori Antique Venetian Trade Bead, Elbow, Large with Roosters!  60x14mm","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe name millefiori means 1000 flowers, but this bead is all about the roosters! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis bead used to be called the \"map of Africa\" and with the zebra stripes and, I could see that, but I'm sticking with Roosters now. This one is big: 60x14mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe rooster was the symbol of the island of Murano where millions of antique Venetian trade beads were made so it's no wonder this bead is so hard to find and highly valued. This bead does have one small chip at one end.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVenetian millifiori trade beads are decorated with slices of glass canes created either bundling very thin glass tubes together to form the pattern, then fusing them, or by encasing round or chevron pattern canes in concentric layers of different colored glass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe canes are sliced into murrini, which are laid out on a hot surface and the semi-molten glass cores of the beads are rolled over them, picking up the slices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in Venice, Italy for the African trade mid-1800 to late 1800s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly one available\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Beadazzled.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53593907102005,"sku":"AFE-2162","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/4388\/1301\/files\/AFE-2162Beadazzled.com.jpg?v=1789502814","url":"https:\/\/www.beadazzled.com\/products\/millefiori-antique-venetian-trade-bead-elbow-large-with-roosters-60x14mm","provider":"Beadazzled.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}