Rare Elbow Millefiori Venetian Mosaic Glass Bead African Trade SB-30204

Beautiful OLD rare ELBOW Millefiore Venetian mosaic glass trade bead (Picard, Volume VI, p.35, bead 578).

The bead is in excellent condition (very lightly chipped at the end, see photo 2) .

The size of the bead is 38 X 9 mm.

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