Antique Venetian Millefiori trade beads, red, white, and blue 15x7mm
Only one 29-0nch strand with 53 beads, all but one in excellent conditin
Made in Venice, Italy late 1800s to early 1900s for the African trade
All Millefiori trade beads have holes large enough for 1-2mm leather cord
Millefiori, (aka Mosaic) beads are decorated with thin slices (called murine) of several kinds of complex glass canes. These canes, in cross section, resemble eyes, flowers, stars or other multi-colored patterns.
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