Middle Eastern and Venetin Glass Beads — Augusto Panini

Dimension:

14X9

Decoration:

Eye Beads

Processing:

Lamp Beads

Book Reference:

fig.4 | p.150

Lamp eye bead produced in Venice, presumably between the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century for the colonial markets. In order to satisfy the African consumers, the Venetian glassworks even imitated autochthonous bead types such as bodom beads.

Biggest Bead Dimension:

19X13

Decoration:

Eye Beads

Processing:

Lamp Beads

Book Reference:

fig.224 | p.289

Necklaces made up of lamp eye beads produced in Venice, presumably between the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century (fig. 4) for the colonial markets. In order to satisfy the African consumers, the Venetian glassworks even imitated autochthonous bead types such as bodom beads.