Since chevron (rosetta) beads are a particular interest of mine, and are the subject of a book I have worked on since 1980, I continue to gather data and to document specimens of them, or beads that are related to them.

An interesting sub-group of this topic are beads that were made in imitation of chevron beads, including certain porcelain beads that were hand-painted or enamelled. These are considered to be "ugly" by some folks, and "very collectible" by others. A number of different types have been shown here, and I have documented many since about 1977.

Usually, or often, these porcelain beads can be hollow or solid, cylindrical, spherical, or ellipsoidal, copy a standard four-layer blue bead more than other editions, and can be in good shape, or poor. They are usually fairly large specimens, often about an inch and a half in length or longer.

Imagine my surprise, when I saw for the first time, a strand of SMALL porcelain copies of rosetta beads. These, I think, are way cool (!).

JDA.