Four are Venetian
Re: Crumb / End-of-Day Age & Origin? -- CoinCoin Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: Rosanna Post Reply
09/01/2016, 11:25:13

The 4 matching beads with the raised yellow crumbs in the upper right are antique Venetian. This bead appears on Sick Co. sample card #14, as bead #1674, dated 1910 - 1913. Of course many beads were made continuously for decades so your bead may be newer. This bead is not particularly rare and appears for sale, often in strands, now & then.

I think there was a BCN thread on crumb beads a while back so you may find more examples like yours. I have a whole strand of them.

I believe the rest are from India, 1980s or more recent.



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