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Venetian Bead Show returns to Green Valley, AZ; Jan 24 - Feb 11 --- Rosanna ( 2025-12-20 09:33 ) (218 reads) file img

The Glory of Beads Show will start on this Saturday Jan. 24 --- Rosanna ( 2026-01-22 19:54 ) (37 reads)

Please, an opinion on these MILLEFIORE needed --- nishedha ( 2025-12-23 01:00 ) (142 reads) file img

more pics --- nishedha ( 2025-12-23 01:02 ) (98 reads) file img
Re: Please, an opinion on these MILLEFIORE needed --- nishedha ( 2025-12-23 01:25 ) (87 reads)
Some info from bead books --- Rosanna ( 2025-12-23 14:34 ) (98 reads) file img
- Pictures were not that good as posted --- Rosanna ( 2025-12-23 14:37 ) (89 reads)
- Better Pix --- Rosanna ( 2025-12-23 14:50 ) (92 reads) file img
  - Thank you, Rosanna, and be happy from now on! (no text) --- nishedha ( 2025-12-24 00:13 ) (70 reads)
Re: MILLEFIORI needed --- Beadman ( 2025-12-30 14:01 ) (84 reads) file img
- Re: Expositions --- Beadman ( 2025-12-30 14:18 ) (78 reads) file img
- MILLEFIORee indeed, we will never learn! --- nishedha ( 2025-12-30 21:34 ) (64 reads)
- Alas! --- nishedha ( 2025-12-31 00:18 ) (71 reads)
  - Now...2003 vs 2025 --- nishedha ( 2025-12-31 00:50 ) (73 reads) file img
    - 2003's better pic --- nishedha ( 2025-12-31 01:02 ) (69 reads) file img
  - Re: How It Goes --- Beadman ( 2025-12-31 15:25 ) (60 reads)
    - Beadman the Great, thanks. --- nishedha ( 2026-01-01 01:43 ) (58 reads) file img
      - I like it! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2026-01-02 14:17 ) (35 reads)
        
        Very meaningful three words, thnks (no text) --- nishedha ( 2026-01-04 05:55 ) (39 reads)
- Re: Moretti Millefiori Beads --- Beadman ( 2026-01-04 13:30 ) (59 reads) file img
  - Two More Photos --- Beadman ( 2026-01-04 13:32 ) (61 reads) file img
More moretti beads for comparison --- Rosanna ( 2026-01-12 21:02 ) (39 reads) file img
- Re: Moretti Beads --- Beadman ( 2026-01-22 13:27 ) (18 reads)
  - Th FB groups are great resources --- Rosanna ( 2026-01-22 19:51 ) (18 reads)

Venetian-like beads from Borneo --- Rosanna ( 2026-01-03 12:59 ) (241 reads) file img

Some Close-ups --- Rosanna ( 2026-01-03 13:00 ) (231 reads) file img
Re: "Venetian-Like" Beads from Borneo --- Beadman ( 2026-01-04 13:12 ) (214 reads)
- A Borneo Necklace --- Beadman ( 2026-01-04 13:44 ) (214 reads) link
  - From 2006 --- Beadman ( 2026-01-04 13:50 ) (61 reads) link
  - From 2019 --- Beadman ( 2026-01-04 14:08 ) (58 reads) link
- If I understand your comment --- Rosanna ( 2026-01-19 15:10 ) (42 reads) file img
  - Re: If I understand your reply.... --- Beadman ( 2026-01-22 13:20 ) (20 reads)
    - I did not mean to give the impression that the necklace was "heirloom" --- Rosanna ( 2026-01-22 19:44 ) (20 reads)

New's Year Divertimento --- nishedha ( 2026-01-11 05:25 ) (43 reads) file img

All Very Nice! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2026-01-11 19:24 ) (23 reads)

Egyptian glass seal bead --- nishedha ( 2025-12-05 10:05 ) (242 reads) file img

clearer image of seal --- nishedha ( 2025-12-05 10:15 ) (105 reads) file img
Re: Egyptian Glass Seal Bead --- Beadman ( 2025-12-05 18:18 ) (92 reads)
- reverse --- nishedha ( 2025-12-05 18:57 ) (90 reads)
  - Re: reverse pic --- nishedha ( 2025-12-06 01:31 ) (95 reads) file img
    - Interesting. --- Beadman ( 2025-12-07 16:06 ) (89 reads)
      - Worth a View --- Beadman ( 2025-12-07 16:10 ) (109 reads)
        
        Re: Now THAT was interesting, thanks Jamey (no text) --- nishedha ( 2025-12-08 06:56 ) (76 reads)
- engraving --- nishedha ( 2025-12-05 19:00 ) (87 reads)

AI hustle --- Art ( 2025-12-07 20:17 ) (103 reads) file

an unusual bead --- nishedha ( 2025-12-05 09:47 ) (128 reads) file img

I think this is fossil coral! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2025-12-05 18:19 ) (75 reads)
- fossil coral was my first feeling too! (no text) --- nishedha ( 2025-12-05 19:03 ) (78 reads)

Fraternal Twins - Unusual Venetian bead find --- Rosanna ( 2025-11-29 10:24 ) (140 reads) file img

Glass beads do not fuse-together during annealing. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2025-12-01 12:05 ) (94 reads)

terracota beads from djene --- Kanana ( 2025-11-19 02:36 ) (249 reads) file img

Re: Terracotta Beads from Jenne --- Beadman ( 2025-11-19 10:30 ) (236 reads)
- Re: Re: Terracotta Beads from Jenne --- Kanana ( 2025-11-20 01:03 ) (221 reads)
  - Ceramic beads in Burkina Faso excavation --- Beadiste ( 2025-11-22 10:56 ) (232 reads) file img
    - Re: Ceramic beads in Burkina Faso excavation --- Kanana ( 2025-11-23 09:04 ) (140 reads)

Sudan carnelian bead origins 9th-18th centuries --- Beadiste ( 2025-11-10 13:11 ) (174 reads) file img

Map of carnelian bead origins 9th-18th centuries --- Beadiste ( 2025-11-10 13:14 ) (140 reads) file img

Gneiss (or Granite or Diorite or...) Beads from Jenne (?) Mali --- beadiste ( 2025-08-22 09:55 ) (6604 reads) link file img

No Content Here. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2025-08-22 11:20 ) (6393 reads)
Re: Gneiss Dogon Beads (?) - Resized --- Beadman ( 2025-08-22 11:36 ) (6431 reads) file img
- Re: Gneiss Dogon Beads (?) --- Beadman ( 2025-08-22 11:45 ) (6424 reads)
  - Thanks for the re-sze editing and one observation --- beadiste ( 2025-08-23 11:27 ) (5965 reads)
    - More Observations --- Beadman ( 2025-08-23 12:16 ) (5993 reads)
      - Encapsulating My Observations --- Beadman ( 2025-08-23 13:01 ) (5974 reads)
        
        Today, through sheer luck in choosing a search string, I found some useful articles --- beadiste ( 2025-08-23 17:24 ) (6053 reads) file img
        
        Stellar example of an archaeological article on ancient stone beads from East Africa --- beadiste ( 2025-08-23 17:36 ) (5961 reads) file img
        Stellar example of an archaeological article on ancient stone beads from East Africa --- beadiste ( 2025-08-23 17:36 ) (5963 reads) file img
        Crimannie! Her "folded bead" is a combed bead! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2025-08-23 19:03 ) (5976 reads)
        
        Mistaking a trailed design for a folded bead --- beadiste ( 2025-09-02 11:33 ) (5939 reads) file img
        
        A few more pix of my old black & white bead --- beadiste ( 2025-09-02 11:35 ) (5931 reads) file img
        Not Exactly! --- Beadman ( 2025-09-21 15:40 ) (1951 reads)
        
        Re: Amazonite --- Beadman ( 2025-08-23 19:16 ) (6006 reads) link
        What? --- Beadman ( 2025-08-23 19:27 ) (5943 reads)
        First pic is beads from Kissi, Burkina Faso. Second pic is from Mali. (no text) --- Beadiste ( 2025-10-11 13:15 ) (199 reads)
        First pic is beads from Kissi, Burkina Faso. Second pic is from Mali. (no text) --- Beadiste ( 2025-10-11 13:15 ) (186 reads)
Ornament Articles Re: Gneiss (or Granite or Diorite or...) Beads from Jenne (?) Mali --- Beadiste ( 2025-09-14 21:03 ) (3758 reads) file img
- The follow-up Oppers article --- Beadiste ( 2025-09-14 21:04 ) (3701 reads) file img
- Re: Ornament Articles --- Beadman ( 2025-10-04 09:42 ) (198 reads)
New book features pages on these stone beads --- Beadiste ( 2025-10-07 22:18 ) (233 reads) file img
- Book front and back covers --- Beadiste ( 2025-10-07 22:18 ) (188 reads) file img
- Re: This Book --- Beadman ( 2025-10-08 05:28 ) (190 reads)
"Porridge" beads are likely porhyritic rock in the granite-diorite realm --- Beadiste ( 2025-10-11 13:07 ) (193 reads) file img

Does anyone recognize this bead? --- Rosanna ( 2025-08-17 10:16 ) (6437 reads) file img

Some more info & conclusion --- Rosanna ( 2025-08-17 16:07 ) (6410 reads)

Art Seymour at Friendship --- Rosanna ( 2025-06-13 19:38 ) (7567 reads) file img

Wish I was there! Looks like a great time! --- Joyce ( 2025-06-13 21:13 ) (7400 reads)

blue glass beads ID --- lindabd ( 2025-05-29 11:35 ) (7714 reads) file img

Re: Blue Glass Beads ID --- Beadman ( 2025-05-29 22:54 ) (7529 reads)

Orthodox aka Classic --- nishedha ( 2024-10-31 10:21 ) (9051 reads) file img

Simple but classy. --- Beadman ( 2024-11-01 04:57 ) (8668 reads)
- OMG no sea in Tibet! --- nishedha ( 2024-11-01 07:23 ) (8594 reads)
  - Re: Tibetan Beads --- Beadman ( 2024-11-01 14:17 ) (8496 reads)
    - Sir, Yes, Sir --- nishedha ( 2024-11-01 21:06 ) (6687 reads)
Re: Orthodox aka Classic --- lindabd ( 2025-03-09 12:32 ) (6580 reads) file img
- lovely MOP --- nishedha ( 2025-03-12 11:31 ) (6550 reads)
older Forum post on pearls --- nishedha ( 2025-03-12 11:36 ) (6550 reads) file img
- Sorry for duplicate image --- nishedha ( 2025-03-12 11:43 ) (6490 reads) file img
- Re: Nice Pearls --- Beadman ( 2025-03-14 02:26 ) (6527 reads) link
- Wait, what did the famous European jeweler say??? --- Luann Udell ( 2025-04-04 09:00 ) (6548 reads)
  - Re: What the famous European jeweler said --- nishedha ( 2025-04-05 01:49 ) (6602 reads) file img
    - I've seen that guy you showed.... --- Luann Udell ( 2025-05-20 18:02 ) (6455 reads)
Pearls with Moghul Indian pendants --- nishedha ( 2025-03-12 11:55 ) (6601 reads) file img
- Poseidon --- Beadman ( 2025-03-19 15:35 ) (6544 reads) file img
  - Re: Poseidon aka Neptun --- nishedha ( 2025-03-20 10:30 ) (6571 reads) file img
    - GREAT! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2025-03-20 18:09 ) (6480 reads)
    - Sorry. Software is not cooperating. No content. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2025-03-20 18:10 ) (6486 reads)
  - Re: Poseidon, handsomest when angry --- nishedha ( 2025-03-21 03:09 ) (6549 reads) file img
    - Perhaps more stern than angry... --- Beadman ( 2025-03-26 17:45 ) (6548 reads) file img
      - Looking like a Californian beach beau, to my uneducated eyes. --- nishedha ( 2025-03-27 01:00 ) (6532 reads)
      - Not Beads, but.... --- Beadman ( 2025-04-13 22:35 ) (6527 reads) file img

Colors of Obsession Book ordering link --- Art ( 2025-05-03 21:12 ) (6837 reads) file img

Ordered mine! --- Joyce ( 2025-05-04 11:08 ) (6623 reads)
Gorgeous book! --- Rosanna ( 2025-05-17 16:11 ) (6413 reads)

Three strands of small chevron beads. --- nishedha ( 2025-03-22 11:18 ) (7242 reads) file img

Re: Three strands of small chevron beads. --- nishedha ( 2025-03-22 11:23 ) (7069 reads) file img
Please do post some authorized opinions! (no text) --- nishedha ( 2025-03-25 02:11 ) (6757 reads)
They look like antique Venetian to me --- Rosanna ( 2025-03-26 08:28 ) (6921 reads) file img
- THNKS A LOT --- nishedha ( 2025-03-26 12:48 ) (6493 reads)
Re: Distinguishing --- Beadman ( 2025-03-26 16:41 ) (6614 reads) file img
- Oh Jamey... --- nishedha ( 2025-03-27 01:06 ) (6563 reads)
  - I don't know what that number is and have NO IDEA why this posted twice! 😬 (no text) --- Luann Udell ( 2025-04-30 08:55 ) (6452 reads)
    - yours! (no text) --- nishedha ( 2025-04-30 12:02 ) (6475 reads)
  - I'd be delighted to take the weird ones! 😄 (no text) --- Luann Udell ( 2025-04-30 08:55 ) (6431 reads)

COLORS of OBSESSION book release! --- Art ( 2025-04-23 18:27 ) (6504 reads) file img

Another episode in tracking Chinese beads through Miriam Haskell designs --- beadiste ( 2025-01-17 21:27 ) (6803 reads) link file img

Reverse Ladybug --- Beadman ( 2025-03-11 01:56 ) (6463 reads)

Last Post on the Miriam Haskell Mystery & Chinese Cloisonne Beads --- beadiste ( 2025-01-29 12:49 ) (7224 reads) file img

What I think I get..., --- Beadman ( 2025-02-08 03:07 ) (6818 reads)
- You can buy one now on eBay --- beadiste ( 2025-02-10 13:32 ) (6713 reads)
  - "Egyptian Revival" is a priceless joke. But..., --- Beadman ( 2025-02-11 12:30 ) (6687 reads)

Nothing about Tucson yet? --- Beadman ( 2025-02-10 00:17 ) (6698 reads)

Re: Nothing about Tucson yet? --- bob ( 2025-02-10 08:59 ) (6572 reads)
- Wish I had known you were there! --- Rosanna ( 2025-02-11 07:33 ) (6548 reads)
  - Re: Wish I had known you were there! --- bob ( 2025-02-11 11:00 ) (6563 reads) file

Findings and beads in "Chinese lantern" jewelry attributed to Miriam Haskell --- beadiste ( 2025-01-12 10:04 ) (7158 reads) file img

Re: All This Stuff --- Beadman ( 2025-01-14 01:36 ) (6714 reads)
- Thanks, Jamey. --- beadiste ( 2025-01-17 21:33 ) (6711 reads)

Happy Christmas to we all! --- nishedha ( 2024-12-28 01:01 ) (6732 reads) file img

Happy 2025! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2024-12-30 01:09 ) (6577 reads)

7L chevrons from Rosetta, Egypt??? --- Rosanna ( 2024-11-15 08:44 ) (6891 reads)

Old Mistaken "News." --- Beadman ( 2024-11-16 15:49 ) (6728 reads)
- P.S. --- Beadman ( 2024-11-16 16:09 ) (6585 reads)
- Thanks for the update --- Rosanna ( 2024-11-16 20:39 ) (6657 reads)
  - And so... --- Beadman ( 2024-11-17 07:46 ) (6599 reads)
    - From 2006 --- Beadman ( 2024-11-17 09:46 ) (6561 reads) link
      - Thanks for the stroll down "bead memory lane" --- Rosanna ( 2024-11-17 10:27 ) (6557 reads)
    - From 2007 --- Beadman ( 2024-11-17 10:17 ) (6524 reads) link
new bead book --- Joyce ( 2024-12-17 06:43 ) (6565 reads)
I have this book now. --- Beadman ( 2024-12-23 17:19 ) (6563 reads)
- P.S.--At least it has excellent photos.... (no text) --- Beadman ( 2024-12-23 17:25 ) (6513 reads)

New blog post on c1930s-40s Chinese cloisonne beads --- beadiste ( 2024-12-11 13:46 ) (6672 reads) file img

Very interesting Chris. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2024-12-12 06:02 ) (6521 reads)

Tucson planning time! --- Rosanna ( 2024-12-05 14:26 ) (6641 reads) file img

Refurbishing an old 1930s necklace with Chinese cloisonne & stone beads --- beadiste ( 2024-12-03 12:47 ) (6643 reads) file img

Green venetian beads --- Sammitenn ( 2024-10-28 03:19 ) (7020 reads) file

Re: Green "Venetian" Beads --- Beadman ( 2024-11-01 15:07 ) (6646 reads)
- Re: Re: Green "Venetian" Beads --- sammi_tenn ( 2024-11-03 01:45 ) (6571 reads)
- jpeg vs. jpg and BCN site security --- Rosanna ( 2024-11-03 09:22 ) (6576 reads)
  - That's surprising! --- Beadman ( 2024-11-03 14:34 ) (6548 reads)
    - I use Photos exclusively --- Rosanna ( 2024-11-03 15:37 ) (6600 reads)
    - The offcial word on .jpg vs. .jpeg --- Rosanna ( 2024-11-03 15:55 ) (6559 reads)
      - I accept the above.... --- Beadman ( 2024-11-04 17:35 ) (6636 reads) file img
        
        Hmmmmm... --- Beadman ( 2024-11-17 20:03 ) (6539 reads) file img

My Latest Acquisition --- Beadman ( 2024-08-23 10:48 ) (7173 reads) file img

More Photos --- Beadman ( 2024-08-23 10:50 ) (6789 reads) file img
Purchased many years ago --- nishedha ( 2024-08-26 02:16 ) (6778 reads) file img
last but not least --- nishedha ( 2024-08-26 02:20 ) (6668 reads) file img
- Re: Millefiori --- Beadman ( 2024-08-27 13:15 ) (6767 reads)
  - Re: Re: quoting --- nishedha ( 2024-08-28 01:35 ) (6624 reads)
    - Similar --- Beadman ( 2024-11-10 19:20 ) (6532 reads)
Some fave mixed milles --- Rosanna ( 2024-08-28 21:36 ) (6688 reads) file
- Forgot to change the extension again - sorry! --- Rosanna ( 2024-08-28 21:38 ) (6631 reads) file img
- From 2009. --- Beadman ( 2024-08-29 23:18 ) (6615 reads) link
- From 2011. --- Beadman ( 2024-08-29 23:36 ) (6626 reads) link
- No Content. --- Beadman ( 2024-11-17 20:00 ) (6485 reads) file img
From a Year Ago --- Beadman ( 2024-11-10 06:46 ) (6511 reads) file img

ID help request --- Rosanna ( 2024-11-06 19:27 ) (6670 reads) file img

Czech is a reasonable guess. --- Beadman ( 2024-11-06 23:32 ) (6551 reads) file img

Where to buy beads in japan --- Sammitenn ( 2024-10-11 06:23 ) (6669 reads)

Can you show some "mid century delicate floral beads (no text) --- Beadman ( 2024-10-19 16:27 ) (6545 reads)
No Content. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2024-10-19 16:27 ) (6503 reads)
Re: Where to buy beads in japan --- sammi_tenn ( 2024-10-22 08:59 ) (6655 reads) file
- Re: Japanese Glass Beads --- Beadman ( 2024-10-24 02:15 ) (6642 reads) link
  - Re: Japanese Glass Beads - P.S. --- Beadman ( 2024-10-24 02:22 ) (6513 reads)
  - Re: Re: Japanese Glass Beads --- sammi_tenn ( 2024-10-27 04:21 ) (6553 reads)
    - This Dialogue from 2011 --- Beadman ( 2024-11-01 15:15 ) (6535 reads) link

Boshan Beads in 1930s Western Fashion Jewelry --- beadiste ( 2024-10-09 18:44 ) (6861 reads) link file img

I wish I knew! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2024-10-19 16:30 ) (6539 reads)
- White clay residue in holes - Czech or Japanese? --- beadiste ( 2024-10-21 12:26 ) (6606 reads)
  - Re: White clay residue in Japanese glass beads? --- Beadman ( 2024-10-21 13:15 ) (6542 reads)
    - Thanks, Jamey --- beadiste ( 2024-10-21 20:41 ) (6572 reads) file img
    - Yes, Japanese beads have white residue in holes + 50s charm bracelet use --- beadiste ( 2024-10-30 12:37 ) (6628 reads) file img
      - Re: Post-WWII Japanese Glass Beads --- Beadman ( 2024-11-01 14:35 ) (6463 reads) link

Clasps on Chinese cloisonne necklaces --- beadiste ( 2024-06-01 10:36 ) (6868 reads) file img

Re: Clasps on Chinese cloisonne necklaces pt. 2 --- beadiste ( 2024-06-01 10:38 ) (6739 reads) file img
Re: Clasps on Chinese cloisonne necklaces - blog post from 10 years ago --- beadiste ( 2024-06-01 10:56 ) (6660 reads)
- Re: Re: Clasps on Chinese cloisonne necklaces - blog post from 10 years ago --- beadiste ( 2024-06-01 11:04 ) (6700 reads) file img
Re: Clasps on Chinese Cloisonne Necklaces --- Beadman ( 2024-06-08 22:48 ) (6755 reads) file img
- Thanks, Jamey --- beadiste ( 2024-06-10 19:10 ) (6678 reads)
  - "The faster I go, the more behinder I get." (no text) --- Beadman ( 2024-10-21 13:33 ) (6507 reads)

Gold foil glass beads --- alipersia ( 2024-08-13 07:36 ) (6823 reads) file img

Re: Gold-Glass Beads --- Beadman ( 2024-08-13 10:01 ) (6684 reads) file img
- Thx Jamey good points --- alipersia ( 2024-08-14 07:18 ) (6578 reads)

thebeadsite.com signing off 8/23/2024� --- Joyce ( 2024-08-11 12:17 ) (6733 reads)

Thanks Joyce - it's the end of an era in bead research - RIP thebeadsite! (no text) --- Rosanna ( 2024-08-12 19:31 ) (6572 reads)

About Pumtek Beads --- Beadman ( 2024-08-03 17:41 ) (7494 reads) file img

Tircul Beads --- Beadman ( 2024-08-03 17:46 ) (6659 reads) file img
Thank you Jamey, for this invaluable posting. (no text) --- nishedha ( 2024-08-07 10:37 ) (6519 reads)
- I'm glad, if you found it helpful! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2024-08-07 14:00 ) (6552 reads)

"Will Work For Beads" --- Beadman ( 2024-08-06 21:14 ) (6730 reads) file img

bead --- Kanana ( 2024-06-12 01:59 ) (6931 reads) file img

It is difficult to say.... --- Beadman ( 2024-06-19 15:31 ) (6658 reads)
- Re: It is difficult to say.... --- Kanana ( 2024-06-20 10:36 ) (6648 reads)
  - These are probably Czech. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2024-06-20 13:27 ) (6558 reads)

Clasps on Chinese cloisonne necklaces --- beadiste ( 2024-06-01 10:36 ) (6838 reads) file img

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