Early Venetian Glass 2
From the late 1400's, when Europeans began to explore the globe, the Venetians were the first people to develop coloured glass bead production for supplying the overland and sailing ship traders with beads for commercial use. Colour and style development can be seen from the selection of early production beads below.
The darker shades of yellow changed to brighter hues in the mid 1800's,
when cadmium sulphide was added to the glass instead of the previously used coal,
to obtain the coloration. Some show the patina of age but most are in good condition.

12 x 12 sp
ev 300-01  £14

17 x 19 x 7 ta
ev 300-02  £12

13 x 17 b  Sold
ev 300-03  £16

10 x 7 cube
ev 300-04  £8

6 x 7 cyl
ev 300-05  £5

14 x 16 ** b
ev 270 £22

12 x 16 b
ev 271 £8

10 x 16 b
ev 273 £6

13 x 18 bic
ev 274   £22   Sold

11 x 13 b
ev 278 £8

9 x 14 b
ev 279 £6

7 x 12 b
ev 280 £10

11 x 10 e
ev 282 £4

8 x 11 b
ev 284 £14

12 x 10 b
ev 285 £12

7 x 10 b
ev 286 £6

6 x 9 b
ev 287 £6

9 x 9 e
ev 288 £6

8 x 10 b
ev 290 £6

8 x 9 b
ev 291 £5

8 x 8 e
ev 294 £6

9 x 8 blue glass e
ev 295 £6

5 x 8 blue glass b
ev 296 £6

8 x 7 x 4 tablet
ev 297 £6

8 x 5 e
ev 298 £5

Key: Measurements in mm ( width across hole x diameter ) ** = with aventurine
Shape:     b = barrel    bic = bicone   cyl = cylinder c = small chip e = early production
           e = ellipsoid      sp = spherical    ta = tabular  V = variable pattern style

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