Antiq African Trade Beads Venetian Millefiori 6 Desgns TBM9.44.47.48.B2083.B4121

Description

**B2083 Antique Venetian Red/White/Blue Millefiori Glass Round Trade Bead, 12mm.  While most trade beads went to Africa, some wound up in North America for trade with AmerIndians. These beads are not pristine, and show the wear of time and history. They size around 11-12mm (a little less than 1/2 inch) and most are not perfectly round.  The design is encased, sommerso style, in clear crystal, with the characteristic Venetian tiny royal stripes on white ground clearly visible. The core is a brilliant, dynamite red.
YOU WILL RECEIVE: SIX  of the Antique Venetian Beads, B2083.
**B4121 Unusual beads from the African Trade, primitive and funky. Look like old Coral. Ethnic design Tribal Beads.Funky and rough Oval glass beads, with a white heart, wrapped with intense coral color glass. As found, covered with grunge. Beads are large--about One inch long by 5/8 inch around (25mm x 15mm). YOU WILL RECEIVE:  FOUR Beads, B4121.
**TBM9 Dark Royal Blue with Golden Yellow.
YOU WILL RECEIVE: TBM9-A(2 beads) and TBM9-B(one bead)
**TBM44 Wavy gravy with freckles. Green, Red/White/Blue, Red and Yellow. Size is 9mm x 10-12mm.
YOU WILL RECEIVE: 8 Beads of TBM44
**TBM47 is about 12x8mm(1/2 inch by 1/3 inch); fairly rare bead, with striking Red/White/Royal Blue.
YOU WILL RECEIVE:ONE BEAD, TBM47
**TBM48 Rust with Golden Yellow and Royal accents. Size is 17mm x 11mm around (3/4 inch by about 1/2 inch). Shown with our Vintage Venetian Pony Beads(not part of sale).
YOU WILL RECEIVE:  SIX BEADs as shown in the picture, TBM48.
YOU WILL RECEIVE: Your Choice of the beads listed above and shown in the pictures.
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Trade Beads are just plain gorgeous. When you hold one in your hand, you want to keep it. The colors are as amazing and fresh as the day they were produced.
* Trade Beads have value for three reasons: their historical value, as reminders of a time in the distant past--from the 1600's on--when there was a thriving trade in commodities, including people, with the Trade Beads as a medium of exchange. Also a representation of the era of the city state, when Venice, a dominant power, secretly guarded the technique for making glass beads, and produced what have come to be known as"African Trade Beads" for export. They remained in West Africa, and continued to be a medium of exchange locally for some time--another facet of their rich history.
Used or antique objects are in good condition consistent with their age and sold as is.