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Interesting idea that the Redlhammer company or another Czech company might have decorated these beads.
For my Briare book I have dug into some of the links between the different Prosser producing companies. There was an international Syndicate of producers of porcelain beads and buttons. Note: the term porcelain was used on and off for beads made with the Prosser technique.
They did work together, but from what I could tell, it was mostly with regards to setting prices and working together for export purposes.
The Czechs have been known to buy plain buttons from the Bapterosses factory and decorate them. It would suprise me though if that was also the case with these chevron type beads. The decoration seems crude to me, and not part of the way Redlhammer produced items in bulk. I have not seen any similar beads turn up in Jablonec, or on any Redlhammer cards. I think that experimental, low volume decoration done by Bapterosses for a specific order is most likely, or otherwise decoration being done in Africa. However, this is all speculation.....no proof either way. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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