Antique Grey-Green Transparent African Trade Beads matte finish Hand made from coin silver

Hand made from coin silver

Very early 1800s Venetian-made glass beads

38mm x 30mm x 12mm with inner diameter across of 20mm

Graduated strand (5mm-17mm diameter beads) strands of stones beads with a few glass or ostrich shell beads sprinkled in

imitating the 800-1000 year old beads

Antique Grey-Green Transparent African Trade Beads matte finish Hand made from coin silverAntique football shaped Venetian glass beads, made in the late 1800s and traded in West Africa. These are an unusual transparent grey green and some of the beads may need to have some black "tar" cleaned off of them (see photo). Beads average 16mm x 12mm diameter. 38 beads in this strand.