9 Rare Antique Venetian Zen Golden Eye handmade Trade Beads

Description

DESCRIPTION:
#9 Rare black glass Antique Venetian lamp wound beads decorated with a white and gold glass"eye". The gold color comes from a special glass rod mixture with copper particles called Aventurina.  These special beads are each made individually, hand decorated, and are called "Zen" and "eye beads" in the Bead Trade.  Eye beads are worn in many Cultures around the world and are believed to bestow Protection on the wearer from misfortune and the casting of the "evil eye".  The Golden Eye Zen beads are very difficult to find these days and are quite beautiful to admire alone, to wear incorporated into a jewelry design, or as centerpiece on a cord. One of the prettiest and most interesting Trade Beads ever IMHO. Truly ZEN.
NOTE:
If you look at some of the bead holes you can see the swirl of where it was wound around the mandrel while being made, though some ends are flattened from the wear and shaping from being next to other beads for possibly a hundred years or more.
SIZE:
Nine Beads measuring ~12mm Hole to Hole (H-H), with a few smaller at ~10mm.  The diameter is larger than the H-H measurement.
CONDITION:
Very nice condition, one tiny surface chip noted on bead #3 from knot (see photos).
These are Antique Trade Beads so have been worn, traded, traveled far and wide, and do have some expected wear.
Please use photos to help determine appearance and condition, and zoom in as needed.
PLEASE contact me before paying if you are buying multiple items and I will quote for adjusted combined shipping price.  Thanks!
I have been buying Antique Trade Beads for almost 50 years, and had a Wholesale and Retail Bead Store, Folk Art, and Tribal Art Store in Greensboro, NC for some 25 years (Lost and Found Gallery), and am now semi-retired.  We are just beginning to sell on eBay.  Please feel free to ask any questions you may have about the beads.
Sorry but we can only ship to the Continental USA at this time, but hope to expand in the near future.
PAYMENT: We accept Paypal, but hope to expand your options in the near future
SHIPPING: We Pack very well, insure, and ship USPS Priority*
*NOTE: I HAVE ADDED USPS FIRST CLASS SHIPPING OPTION AS IT CAN BE LESS EXPENSIVE FOR SMALL BOX UNDER ONE POUND AND WILL STILL ARRIVE QUICKLY!