Anticlea Antiquariato, Calle San Provolo 4719a, Castello. Specialising in the glass beads known as perle veneziane , with ready-made jewellery, or drawers of beads to choose from.

Codognato, Calle Secondo dell'Ascensione 1295, San Marco. One of the city's most expensive outlets, selling everything from antique pieces through to Art Deco brooches and modern designs.

Costantini, Calle Zaguri 2627, San Marco. Good array of perle veneziane sold individually, made into jewellery, or by the bag, plus various (and surprisingly cheap) antique African currency beads.

Laberintho, Calle Scalater 2236, San Polo. Tiny workshop specializing in inlaid earrings, necklaces and rings.

Missiaglia, Piazza San Marco 125, San Marco. Peerless, expensive gold and silver work from a firm that has a good claim to be Venice's classiest.

Nardi, Piazza San Marco 69-71, San Marco. Coral, tortoiseshell, ebony and other environment-abusing materials are the keynote of Nardi's production. Also makes some less objectionable if similarly overwrought gold objects.

Paolo Scarpa, Merceria S. Salvador 4850, San Marco. Gallery-like shop specializing in "primitive" jewellery from all corners of the planet.

Totem, Campo Carit� 878b, Dorsoduro. As well as exhibiting and marketing 'tribal' art, Totem sells an intriguing range of jewellery made from ordinary materials, most of it inspired by African artefacts.

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