Original Message:   Re: "Uncommon"

Hi Carl, Please do not misunderstand the context! If we're talking about all of the beads in the world, your bead is "very uncommon." But if we're talking about early 7-layer chevron beads, and the variations of core/3rd layer colors, your bead is "not that uncommon." The "truer black" glass I discussed would be more-rare than the color of your bead. Among the dark blue glasses used in 16th C. drawn beads made at Venice, there are a few different tones of blue. One of them is NOT classically cobalt blue, but tends to be somewhat duller and greener. THIS is the glass that makes the core and 3rd layers of your bead. It is still very much "dark blue" glass, bt compared to the typical glass it's on the greenish side of blue, and of a more dull (not pure or bright) end of the spectrum. Don't misunderstand and think I said it's "green glass." I didn't say that (!). That's all I meant. Jamey Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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