Venetian Murano glass antique black white rattlesnake trade beads faille This lovely white painted wooden

This lovely white painted wooden and wire vintage French  bird cage has a lovely decorative shaped top

blue and green and features a nude figure lying on a bed

Measurements are 57cm L x 56cm W x 95cm overall height

Measurements for this portrait are 30cm Square

Venetian Murano glass antique black white rattlesnake trade beads faille This lovely white painted woodenAntique 19th Century Venetian Murano glass black white rattlesnake trade beads. Invented in the late 15th Century originally on the island of Murano Venice, these beads were used as a form of global currency by European merchants trading across Africa and the Americas to pay for valueable regional exports. They are strung together using twisted natural fibres. Because African communities already used beads for wealth and status tracking, these