Murano Red
Glass striped and "eye beads" .. with red cores .. from Murano, Italy
1800s beads using designs from 13th-15th centuries
- In 1291, glass makers were told to move their operations to the island of Murano, to spare Rialto, an area in the heart of Venice known to have been making glass bottles in the year 982, from the dangers of fire and to keep closer check on the glass makers themselves.
This subsequently became the centre of Venetian glass and bead production, which continues to the present time, in the hands of descendants of some of the ancient bead-making families.

vms 214
11 x 5 cube  £4

vms 224
11 x 7 cube  £5

vms 230
11 x 5 cube  £4

vms 234
12 x 6 cube c  £3

vms 236
13 x 6 cube  £4

vms 238
16 x 9 cube  £4 Sold

vms 239
10 x 7 cyl c  £4

vms 241
12 x 8 cyl  £4

vms 246
14 x 10 cyl  £4

vms 250
9 x 10 b   £4

vms 251
9 x 10 b   £4

vms 252
12 x 10 b  £4

vms 254
11 x 15 cyl  £4

vms 254-01   £8
28 x 11  16 eyes  cyl c Sold

vms 254-02
18 x 13 b  £4 Sold

vms 254-04
16 x 12 cyl  £4 Sold

vms 254-05
15 x 10 cyl  £4 Sold

vms 254-07
15 x 11 b  £4

vms 254-08
15 x 11 cyl  £4 Sold

vms 254-09
12 x 9 cyl   £4 Sold

vms 254-10
14 x 10 cyl  £6 Sold

vms 254-11
8 x 12 b   £4

vms 254-12
12 x 11 b  £4

vms 254-13   Sold
13 x 13 b  £4

vms 254-14
10 x 13 b  £4

vms 254-15
10 x 10 cyl  £4

vms 254-16
9 x 11 b   £4

vms 254-18
14 x 6 cyl   £4

vms 254-19
8 x 9 cyl  £4

vms 254-20
7 x 14 x 10 pendant  £4

vms 254-21
5 x 12 x 9 pendant   £4

Key: Measurements in mm ( width along 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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