Venetian, late 1800s to early 1900s

Venetian, late 1800s to early 1900s
Re: Glass bead -- SueMcG	Post Reply	Edit		Forum	Where am I?

Posted by: Rosanna

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10/19/2014, 04:23:56

Hi Sue,
Your bead is a nice millefiori decorated lamp worked glass bead from the hey-days of trade beads, made in Venice and likely traded into Africa.

The end caps and wire work appear to be recent.

PS fantastic Macro photography - what camera did you use?

Re: Venetian, late 1800s to early 1900s --- SueMcG ( 2014-10-19 08:13 )
The 7 points on the rosetta cane slices are only seen on Venetian beads? --- beadiste ( 2014-10-19 08:48 ) link
- And, apparently, modern Chinese copies --- beadiste ( 2014-10-19 09:27 ) link
Venetian, 1910-1913 according to Sick Collection --- beadiste ( 2014-10-19 10:18 ) link