African trade bead old millefiori Venetian mosaic glass multimurrine bead rare SB-33463

Beautiful rare OLD large MULTIMURRINE millefiore Venetian mosaic glass trade bead (Picard, Volume VI, p.54 , bead 1424).

The bead is in very good condition (lightly beveled and very lightly chipped at the ends , see photos).

The size of the bead is 45 X 13 mm.

Venetian millefiori mosaic glass trade beads used in the African trade early 1900's.