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When I went into the small shop of the museum, they sold postcards of mosaics and such. They also had one postcard with beads. I am no chevron expert, but I was pretty convinced these were not beads made by the Bapterosses factory, but mostly Venetian beads. The lady from the museum insisted they were locally made. In the actual museum this strand of beads is shown in a case of I think is the personal collection of beads of the factory owner, used for inspiration of copies they could make. I did not want to get into a big debate, but it did surprise me that they knew this little about their own beads. She also mentioned the visit of the Picards in 1994. She said they also said they were Bapterosses beads, which is obviously not so. See the post below by John. Two pictures: the picture on the postcards, and the same beads in the museum display with next to it their attempt at making chevrons. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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