Description

Old Venetian six layer chevron beads.
Also called blue Moretti chevron beads, these six layer glass beads were produced in Murano, Italy in the early 1900’s.
Carefully selected, these old Venetian chevron beads are in very good antique condition.
Excellent condition.

Bead sizes:
Lengths: two beads of 30mm and one of 33mm
Widths: 19mm, 20mm and 22mm

About VENETIAN TRADE BEADS
Antique venetian trade beads are a rich and fascinating part of history.
Venice was Europe’s center of advanced glassmaking, where glassmakers developped various sphisticated glassmaking techniques.
Venetian trade beads are made of glass and Murano, a city near Venice in Italy was an important centre of production.
Produced, as early as the 1400s up until the early 1900s, European traders used Venetian trade beads, as currency and good of exchange throughout Africa, the Americas and Asia.
Antique Venetian trade beads are prized for their colours, complex patterns and the skill and reputation of Murano glass-makers.
Prized for their brilliant colours and complex patterns, chevron beads were also a form of portable wealth.