African Trade Bead Necklace, Millefiori Venetian Italian Glass Ship Ballast Trade Beads, buying and Czech Glass, by R Starr, Red, Green, Orange

African Trade Bead Necklace, Antique Venetian Italian Glass Slave Trade Ship Ballast Beads, and Czech Vintage Glass, Red, Green, Orange
COLLECTIBLE BEADS Necklace, OOAK by Rachelle Starr

All these Antique GLASS Trade beads I collected during the Woodstock hippie years

the Venetian Millefiore trade buying beads are an unusual grren color, one has a chip
They are Murano Venice probably 1800s or earlier
Necklace is 26" ( 66.04cm )
A man could certainly wear this necklace
the large ESS catch is 925 Sterling silver, from 1980s Bali

antique beads
ships left Europe weighed down with beads in the hull ( as Ballast) to trade for slaves in Africa. all these antique Venetian & CZECH glass beads were then found in Africa



all glass beads with sterling catch


some wear and old chips, worn smooth from hundreds of years of use
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