Green Antique Venetian Lampwork, Collector/Designer Set of 7 Beads

AFE-482

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  • Set of 7 rare antique Venetian lampwork beads in color coordinated set with amber and brick red designs on green cores
  • Set contains: one very unusual large 35x13mm green core bead with amber stripes and brick, amber and milk latticino "eyes"
  • Two even more unusual 12x9mm beads in which half the core is amber and half green, with stripes and eye designs in amber, white and brick red
  • And 4 smaller cylindrical beads with green cores and complex eye designs, or in one case red and amber wavy lines
  • All in all, a unique collector set, or starting point for a great necklace design
  • 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.