Description
Antique Venetian floral beads.
Also referred to as fancy, fiorà or fiorate for their colours and elegant patterns on a dark matrix.
These lamp work and trail decoration glass trade beads, date from the mid 1800s to early 1900s.
Overall condition is good to very good with minor pitting, typical of old beads.
Collected in Mali.
Height: 10-18mm
Diameter: 10-15mm
Strand length: 30 cm (12″)
30 beads