Traditional bead shop signs, in or near Beijing, c. 1930s-40s

Traditional bead shop signs, in or near Beijing, c. 1930s-40s
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Posted by: jrj

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12/29/2017, 00:52:25

As a lover of Peking glass beads, it pains me to see them used this way!

Awesome! I liked the faux mandarin necklace in the center of the one sign --- beadiste ( 2017-12-29 09:26 )
- Re: the faux mandarin necklace in the sign --- jrj ( 2017-12-29 15:58 )
Hedda Morrison photos? --- beadiste ( 2017-12-29 09:31 )
- Thank you for your research. How did you go about gathering this information? (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2017-12-29 09:44 )
  - A quick Google search for "Beijing 1930s shop signs"... --- beadiste ( 2017-12-29 10:45 ) link
  - Re: Thank you for your research. How did you go about gathering this information? --- jrj ( 2017-12-29 13:48 )
I see no reason to doubt that a genuine MCN may have been used for the sign. Do you? (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2017-12-29 20:38 )
- OK, I stand corrected, it's an older pre-1911 necklace recycled into a sign. --- beadiste ( 2017-12-30 13:14 )
  - . (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2017-12-30 15:56 )
No, but I'm a novice here. --- jrj ( 2017-12-29 22:06 )
- Color, not quality, acts as insignia of rank. Better beads were used for important occasions. (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2017-12-29 23:12 )
- Basic information about the MCN… --- Frederick II ( 2017-12-30 03:53 )
Do you think the shop sign may have been advertising MCN for sale? (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2017-12-30 17:20 )
Re: Traditional bead shop signs, in or near Beijing, c. 1930s-40s --- Karlis ( 2018-01-08 11:00 ) file img
- Re: Re: Traditional bead shop signs, in or near Beijing, c. 1930s-40s --- Valerie Hector ( 2018-01-08 13:46 ) link file img
  - Thank you Karlis, Valerie -and Peter. (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2018-01-08 17:19 )
  - Agreed, this is a photo of a third sign --- jrj ( 2018-01-08 21:17 )
Yellow glass "court necklace" --- beadiste ( 2018-01-10 12:49 ) file img
- More pix --- beadiste ( 2018-01-10 12:52 ) file img
- Re: Yellow glass "court necklace" --- Frederick II ( 2018-01-10 16:27 )
  - Genuine? --- Beadman ( 2018-01-12 01:27 )
    - Re: Genuine? --- Valerie Hector ( 2018-01-13 08:41 )
      - Limited edition of the shop sign book; however... --- jrj ( 2018-01-13 14:18 )
        
        Here is the hand-colored drawing in the 1931 shop signs book --- Valerie Hector ( 2018-01-14 07:36 ) file img
Another Hedda Morrison photo: a bead shop sign in context of other shop signs --- jrj ( 2018-01-13 16:10 ) file img
- Does anyone know where this bead shop sign photo was published? --- Valerie Hector ( 2018-01-16 10:36 ) file img
  - Link --- jrj ( 2018-01-16 20:20 )
    - Amazing from A to Z…Thanks, JRJ (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2018-01-17 00:12 )
  - I had better luck with this link - image ID 17782 --- beadiste ( 2018-01-17 10:10 ) link
    - But finding the bibliography item that published the picture is a problem --- beadiste ( 2018-01-17 10:25 ) link
      - Is the sign in the Japanese Tenri University museum? --- beadiste ( 2018-01-17 10:30 )
        
        Re: Is the sign in the Japanese Tenri University museum? --- Valerie Hector ( 2018-01-17 15:07 )
      - Got a couple of thousand pounds to spend? --- beadiste ( 2018-01-17 10:44 ) link
        
        Re: Got a couple of thousand pounds to spend? --- Valerie Hector ( 2018-01-17 15:10 )
      - Bibliography item? --- jrj ( 2018-01-17 20:44 )
        
        Explained in attached photo --- beadiste ( 2018-01-18 08:41 ) link file img
        
        Whoops, forgot one step in link sequence --- beadiste ( 2018-01-18 08:47 ) link file img
        
        Do a Google search for just the Kanji script (use quotes)... --- beadiste ( 2018-01-18 08:53 )
        
        "Pekin No Kanban" - The Japanese book that the color photo appears in? --- beadiste ( 2018-01-18 20:38 ) file img
        Re: Do a Google search for just the Kanji script (use quotes)... --- Valerie Hector ( 2018-01-24 08:27 )