Close but no cigar, the beads you posted are not nearly as nicely done as those on the brush, and a long way from the quality of the beads that Fred has. If you look closely at Fred's in the image I posted you see much more complicated glass work.

Maybe the new beads are reproductions of something much older, hopefully we will all learn something new in this thread.

Where is red mountain when we need him!!

All my best ............... Danny

P.S. I don’t have much money in the brushes, so little that if they were made yesterday they were well worth the money.