Millefiori, Antique Venetian Trade Bead, Red w/Stars & Stripe, 28x12mm
SKU: AFE-1114
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$35.00
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Description
- Antique Venetian millefiori trade beads long and lean at 28x12mm
- Red is always rare in trade beads, why? One reason is that it was expensive to make, requiring real gold in the formula. That changed after 1918, but the color still remains rare. Stars are special too and here we have both red and stars as well as a red, white and blue,,, and yellow... band around the middle of the bead.
- Made in Venice, Italy for the African trade late 1800s or early 1900s