Antique Grey-Green Transparent African Trade Beads matte finish 38mm tall x 23mm wide

38mm tall x 23mm wide

Very early 1800s Venetian-made glass beads

Hand made from coin silver

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

handmade with 80% silver content from old stamps

Antique Grey-Green Transparent African Trade Beads matte finish 38mm tall x 23mm wideAntique 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.