Venetian Beads A style of glass bead making originating in Venice in the late 1800s. Antique "fancy" Venetian Beads are rare and prized by collectors. Today, many types of beads made by hand in Murano and Venice are sold under this label.
Perle a Lume Venetian Beads - (also known as Lampwork or Wound beads) These beads are often called wound beads because molten glass is wound around a mandrel to form the bead.
However, the Dutch glass was not as durable as the Venetian glass. Perhaps it is because they used ash from wood, rather than from sea kelp as did the Venetians. The Dutch beads generally were not as vibrantly colored as were the Venetian beads.
 See also: Glass bead, Glass, Gold, Murano, Natural
  
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