Green Antique Venetian Lampwork, Collector/Designer Set of 5 Large Beads

AFE-490

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  • Set of 5 rare, large, antique Venetian lampwork beads in color coordinated set 
  • Set contains: one very large 42x15mm cylinder, it's green core decorated with red and amber lines, and pink floral designs places in squares bordered by blue and white latticino canes.
  • Two large, short cylinders 15x13mm with "flag" designs of amber, red, white and blue plus two more short cylinders with coordinating bands of color
  • Made in Venice, Italy between early 1800s and early 1900s for the African trade
  • I collected these in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire early 1970s
  • Only one set available. Green antique Venetian lampwork are almost as rare as blue or turquoise ones
  • When I was trying to collect all the beads pictured in the Picards' books (see our Tools, Findings and Books Collection) I created dozens of 60-compartment trays  of one-of-a-kind black, yellow, and brick antique Venetian lampworked beads, but only managed to fill one partial tray with ones.