Trade Beads Antique Millefiori Lot of 2

Trade Beads Antique Millefiori Lot of 2

This Lot of 2 Antique Millefiori Trade Beads comes with the two similarly designed beads as pictured. The beads have a cobalt blue background with red, yellow and white in the design. They measure approximately 35mm to 39mm long and 10mm to 12mm wide with 4mm holes.
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Venetian Millefiori Beads are one of several types of beads that we call Trade Beads. European traders often brought these beads to Africa, but they made their way to the Americas as well. Factories in Venice produced these beads beginning in the early 1800s. Artisans used canes of glass to create flowers and stripe designs. Then they molded layers of these designs around a core of solid colored glass. They then cut or broke these glass rods into beads. The result is a colorful mix of designs called Venetian Millefiori beads. Millefiori means “thousand flowers” in Italian. Traders brought a large variety of glass beads to the Americas including Padre Beads, large round Hudson Bay trade beads, Venetian Millefiori Trade Beads, sand casted beads and others!
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SKU: 2222-003-220

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