but mainly due to the monotone with raised dots.......
It probably is a Venetian bead from the late 19th c., though, rather than
17th or 18th c. Dutch......

Happy Sunday to you to, Uwe!

Here is a mulberry bead that was dug up in the Netherlands. It does have a clear resemblance to Uwe's bead. However, the color blue is quite different.

All the mulberry beads I've seen are slightly translucent dusky blue, similar to Floor's example, or a little lighter.

Got back from a trip and wanted to show the variation in blue color on the old mulberry beads.

These are smaller than your bead - 10-11 mm diameter.

Also, the opaque blue color on your bead seems to match early 20th century Venetian and Czech beads more than the earlier ones - I will look through my Venetian bead charts & cards to see if there is anything similar. But, the hole is very large - so along with the overall size, I am thinking right now that it is not Venetian or Czech.

...nice color variations and beads! The third one comes nearest the color of the shown bead from Steff! Thanks for the input... :)

Mulberry beads look similar indeed, so may be they have been the model...but the raised dots on that bead are not that many (more space between the dots) and these dots here are looking more "arranged" in 5 rows...the glass is little translucent (I took the photos in the shadow).
Anyway, thanks for the input!
Here is another nice bead/pendant, agate/carnelian, he had found... ~ 10mm

One more nice sunny morning here in Mirleft, market day, and I will have a look to one of the street traders, who told me, he will bring "2 kilos nice Venetian beads" today for me...I fear, they will be from Ghana recently made... :-) Tomorrow then I will start the shopping part of the holiday in Tiznit...please cross your fingers...smile...

Made myself a late birthday gift today in Tiznit... :) 24 x 21mm

Some more quickly made shots from nice single beads you will find at the link...

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.870916246275340.1073741835.100000709186893&type=1&l=f0dba39788

My favorites are...

So many beautiful beads, so colourful. I like them and ... I'm jealous Uwe! Is it still worth going there to find such beads???

Nel

....of course itīs still worth...Iīm sure, you will find some beauties, whole strands as well as nice singels, as I have found this morning on one of the large plates with beads and silver etc. in Tiznit...most of the shops have such plates and boxes....
I whish you a beautiful and safe trip! (While I have my usual Blues during the last days of holiday...)