"Perla Rosetta" earrings with chevron glass beads

Hanging earrings with handmade chevron beads made of Murano glass, topped with a disc of real coral, finished off with delicate gold parts.
 
 The first chevron beads were made in Venice around the 14th century.
 They consisted of several layers of different colored glasses. These pearls show the classic design: a 12-point star, with a structure in 6 layers.
 In the 16th century the pearls came to Amsterdam together with the Venetian glassblowers and from there they spread all over the world. 
 The very elaborate handicraft makes them highly coveted collector's items around the world to this day.
 
 If you want to know more about the manufacturing technology: Sources:
 The History of Beads, From 30,000 BC to the Present, Louis Sherr Dubin, 1987 
 Beads of the World, Peter Francis Jr., 1994