Crumb beads, assumed to have been made with all the leftover chips of glass at the end of the day, aren't to everyone's taste. Like abstract art, people tend to have strong feelins. Of course, the quality of the art, or the crumbs can vary too.
These are unusual because of the rare cornflower blue glass used between bands of chips. Beads are 14x16mm
Trade beads almost always have holes big enough for 2mm leather cords
Millefiori, the Italian name for these colorful beads, means 1000 flowers
Made in Venice, Italy for the African trade mid-1800s to early 1900s
From the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator
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