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would appreciate an ID on this bead
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Posted by: judy Post Reply
06/06/2017, 18:32:46

I've had it for some time and have yet to see another one like it. Can anyone identify it? it's large, 20.6 mm in length and 22 mm in diameter. The red lines are only on one side. Any help would be much appreciated. thanks, Judy

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unusual color scheme but looks like typical 18-19th century a speo Venetian
Re: would appreciate an ID on this bead -- judy Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: Rosanna Post Reply
06/07/2017, 09:29:40



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thank you Rosanna
Re: unusual color scheme but looks like typical 18-19th century a speo Venetian -- Rosanna Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: judy Post Reply
06/07/2017, 10:27:26



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Re: "... typical 18-19th century...."
Re: unusual color scheme but looks like typical 18-19th century a speo Venetian -- Rosanna Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: Beadman Post Reply
04/26/2019, 14:52:40

The a-speo methods were most actively used in the 17th C., being exploited by the Paternostrieri Guild at Venice; and also by Dutch glassworkers who learned this approach from Venetian masters.

The technique fell out of fashion—perhaps when the Suppialume (Lampworkers Guild) became proficient at making wound and trailed-decorated lampwork beads.

Nevertheless, in the late 19th or early 20th Cs., Venetians returned to making heated and manipulated drawn beads "a la lucerna" ("at the lamp"). So one could say (and I have) that these are "late a-speo beads."

JDA.



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