Venetian Faceted Pink Eye Beads african stone silver-lined pony beads and gold-vermeil

silver-lined pony beads and gold-vermeil bead caps

Rare 30" strand of antique brass cornerless cube beads from Northern India

Lovely detail with hatched lines and squiggles

55 beads on the strand

Venetian Faceted Pink Eye Beads african stone silver-lined pony beads and gold-vermeilVenetian Eye beads from the early 1800's or late 1700's. Cheyenne pink with cobalt and white eyes, 11mm diameter and good condition with some pock marks etc. These beads were made one at a time, lamp wound in Italy and then, by popular design, ground down to make flattened facets in Nigeria. Hole size is about 2mm. This type is extremely rare!