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The Venetian conteria
The etymology of the term “conteria” almost certainly derives from the ancient “contigia” which means ornament. Originally the term conteria meant any type of glass bead; it is from the early 1900s that this word is used to indicate pearls that are obtained exclusively from the cut of a perforated