12/0 Dark silver lined alabaster square hole 2-cut antique Venetian Murano glass seed beads vintage Italian 1.5mm SL

10 gram package. 1.5mm Silver lined 2-cut beads in approximately size 12. These are much smaller and more delicate than most of the other 2-cuts I have listed. They've been in my collection for over four decades, and I still find them very special.

In the early 20th century, these rare beads were painstakingly hand manufactured by master craftsmen in the fabled Societa Veneziana Conterie glass factories of Murano, Italy. The slight irregularities in size and shape are an expected and natural result of the production process, which is a lost art.