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Original Message:   Weighing in.
Interesting post - thanks for the additional information. I would be interested to learn what exactly you mean by "a few years", the strand being in your possession. 1 year? 5 years? Longer?

What surprises me, is the fact that you trust your source, the seller of the strand, regarding age, but obviously not provenance, even though the "guarantee" reads, quote-on-quote: "A mix of Venetian AND Indonesian beads"

I understand you believe all of the beads on your strand are Venetian. Is is that so, indeed? All of them? None other, is what you say and were told?

That were most definitely not correct! My evaluation is not based on assuption, but knowledge for a wide majority of the piece. Those I might not be so certain about, can be discarded by exclusion (if this is a good way to make myself understood). In the context of: I might not be 100% sure this or that bead is definitely Indonesian - but I am certain it is not Venetian".

I hope that does not sound like back-paddling from my previous pro-Indonesia statements. Not at all - I still say this is a genuine Indonesian-made strand, even though there are some 10-15 beads (all monochrome blue ones, for example, of which at least one or two look to be made from cheap (powder-?), non-Venetian glass. The green beads - somewhere in the middle/left of the strand - are certainly not Venetian, because of the shade of green they used (leave alone the sloppy-sloppy design, Venice would not dare to deliver at any cost and during any period).

We will find out the true origian, will know at least what they are not. A matter of days, I guess!

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