Also in this bunch of old beads were these two striped bicone beads which appear to be a slab of striped canes spirally wound. Evelyn, Jamey, and Patrick had a discussion of these beads in the archives [link attached]

Under the microscope, this glass is very different - the black portion is a sorty of dark, greasy gray. The lipstick red is shiny and opaque. It does remind me of glass from India, but what do I know?