Antique Venetian Bicone ‘King’ bead with blue trails. 19th century.

A lovely and rather rare large Venetian bicone ‘king’ bead with yellow and blue trailed lamp-work. Probably made for West Africa (Ghana) and almost certainly a 19th century bead.

For similar large biconical beads with yellow trailed lamp-work eyes see page 238 of ‘Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads - Eighth to Twentieth Centuries’ by Augusto Panini, published by Skira, Milano 2007.

Bead size: 29mm diameter x 36mm long
Bead Hole diameter: 5mm
Weight: 35gm

Condition: Signs of considerable age. A beautiful bead. Please examine photographs as these form part of the description. e23/26