1800's Venetian Ghost Beads old beads High-silver content & classic shape

High-silver content & classic shape

and sodium silicate (with various trace elements such as sulfure that adds to its unique tannish-yellow hue)

6mm x 8mm flat die-cut design attached to a 10mm loop

65mm tall x 54mm wide x 1mm thick (solid silver) with 7mm loop for stringing

Coin silver with a little bit of gold/bronze detail on them

1800's Venetian Ghost Beads old beads High-silver content & classic shapeThese are quite rare in this condition. They are slightly worn but the "ghost" is all there, no major chips. It really is a Venetian flower pattern, but people in the historic re enactment movement call these ghost beads. 16mm round with 2 1 2 mm hole.