Trade Bead Millefiori blue & yellow glass bead necklace. 24 inches. nlbd2195 50 approximately 1/2 inch wide

approximately 1/2 inch wide

These are beautiful old beads

a finer version of the beads of this type were used in Mandarin Court jewelry

The double pierced sections reveal shades of red to be a top layer of the piece

green tourmaline

Trade Bead Millefiori blue & yellow glass bead necklace. 24 inches. nlbd2195 50 approximately 1/2 inch wideThis necklace features 11 authentic antique Venetian millefiori trade beads and 34 antique Chinese Peking glass beads strung on a leather cord with a sterling silver clasp. Dating back to the early 1900s, the Venetian millefiori beads originate from the African trade. The Shandong, China sourced "Peking glass" beads were imported circa 1920. 24 inches long. Italy and China.