1800s - ANTIQUE LARGE VENETIAN CORNALINE D'ALEPPO TRADE BEADS

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1800s - RARE VENETIAN CORNALINE D'ALEPPO GLASS LARGE TRADE BEADS
We are pleased to present for your consideration, these large antique Venetian cornaline d'Aleppo 1800s glass trade beads.
Estate find. From a private collection.
Made of 36 antique round
red Cornaline d'Aleppo Glass Beads.
The graduated antique beads are set on a leather strand.
The row of beads measures: 20" (50.8 cm)
Beads: from 11 to 20 mm (7/16" x 12.5/16")
Weights: 199 grams
A few beads with chip. Over all, in good antique condition.
As seen on photos.
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About Venetian Cornaline d'Aleppo c.1800s Glass Trade Beads:
Cornaline d'Aleppo were a popular type of wound and drawn trade bead produced between 1800 through the early 1900s in Venice, Italy. Unlike the more elaborate Millefiori Beads and Chevrons, Cornaline d'Aleppo are more simple in appearance, comprising just two layers of different colored glass. The core is usually white to ocher yellow, while the outer layer (which wraps the core) is thicker, and ranges in color from burnt yellow to ruby red. A small quantity were also produced in varying shades of blue around the turn of the 20th Century, however, the most coveted were a seductive shade of dark ruby red. According to historical data, the brilliant red color of Cornaline d'Aleppo beads was a result of adding gold oxide to pink or violet glass.
It is a conjectured that French-speaking Peoples in Mali may have first used the word "Cornaline", French for Carnelian, a type of Agate often used as trade currency among Tribal Cultures in Africa at that time. "Aleppo" is the name of a town in Syria. It has been suggested that the reference to Aleppo might have been inspired by the fact that it was once an important trading post between Africa and Asia. African Traders would pass through cities on Historic Trade Routes, exchanging Carnelian beads for local essentials required in their travels.
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