THIS IS A GENUINE HISTORIC STRAND OF MUSEUM-QUALITY, RARE JUMBO-SIZED ANTIQUE VENETIAN MILLEFIORI MULTI-MOSAIC GLASS TRADE BEADS. INDIVIDUALLY HAND-WOUND AND COMBED IN MURANO, ITALY, DURING THE LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY FOR THE WEST AFRICAN TRADE MARKET, THESE EXTRA-LARGE CYLINDRICAL TUBE BEADS REPRESENT A VERY DESIRABLE AND RARELY SEEN EXPORT STYLE.

THE STRAND CONTAINS 8 MASSIVE CANE-GLASS COMPOSITE BEADS STRUNG ON AN AUTHENTIC TWISTED CORD, FEATURING A VIBRANT BASE OF CRIMSON RED AND CANARY YELLOW ADORNED WITH SCATTERED MULTI-COLORED MOSAIC CANE SECTIONS IN BLUE, GREEN, WHITE, AND NAVY. 

EXCELLENT, STUNNING ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH EXTRAORDINARY COLOR BRILLIANCE, TYPICAL RUSTIC OPEN CORE ENDS, GENTLE PITTING, AND HARD-TO-FIND ORIGINAL PATINA CHARACTERISTICS AS THOUGH COLLECTED DIRECTLY FROM THE FIELD.

LISTING DETAILS: 

STRAND LENGTH: 18 INCHES 

TOTAL BEAD COUNT: 8 EXTRA-LARGE BEADS 

DESIGN: RARE CYLINDRICAL JUMBO GABRI MILLEFIORI / MOSAIC CANE PATTERN

TOTAL WEIGHT: 6.4 OUNCES (APPROXIMATELY 183 GRAMS) 

STRINGING MATERIAL: TRADITIONAL AGED TWISTED FIBER TWINE.