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Hi Joyce, I've seen one of these beads that was nicely-cut and good-looking, like a standard chevron bead. Those are pretty unusual. Without any supporting documentation, I suppose one could postulate that the odd ones MIGHT be somewhat earlier than the Moretti beads (or might be THEIR earlier beads)—based on the idea that creating a new line of beads was a process, and whomever had few prototypes to copy, and pursued the work with clumsiness. That is not unreasonable, and I would have no decent argument against it. However, most of the time, when I see these ideas, I know they are based on simplistic thinking. For instance, back in the early '70s, the owner of The Bead Store on Castro Street, told everyone the simpler four-layer beads with chamfered ends were "from the 14th century"—essentially based on the idea that they were "more crude." This argument or speculation doesn't hold water, when we see the bigger picture. Jamey All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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