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Hi Peter, These beads were also produced at Venice with translucent red eye-spots, from the glass they (seem to have) devised at about 1825 (based on my research). So I would place them no earlier than that time, and guesstimate the mid-19th C. I would reserve the popular name "skunk bead" for black beads with flush white spots. People (formerly including myself) are sometimes surprised that a spotted bead should have this name, when we all know that skunks have stripes—and there are many black-&-white striped beads that would seem more appropriate. There is a variety of skunk that is black with white spots, not usually known to the rest of us, but living in certain areas. I would not have believed this had a friend not shown me a photo of one such skunk a couple of years ago. Some things do make sense, once real information is provided. Be well. Jamey All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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