Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Prosser chevron
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Prosser chevron -- jp Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: floorkasp Mail author
02/22/2013, 03:17:15

First of all, thank you for showing these up close images of the beads from the museum. I have only been able to see them in their cabinets, and seeing them like this explains a lot on how they were made.

I understand what you mean, I think. And please correct me if I am wrong) You are basically saying there are three types of 'prosser' chevron imitations. The first being the variety of molded colour beads that the Bapterosses experimented on, like the ones in your last post. The second being the white beads with the ridges and the added decorations, like the one you have seen at the museum and the one I saw at the collector's house in Briare. The third type, would be the type I showed in my original post. I put that one in the same category as the others with added decorations, but with a second look, they are indeed quite different. I do not have any way to connect them to the Bapterosses factory. It did look and feel like a prosser bead to me, though. Especially the rough bottom where it would have sat in the kiln makes me think it is made by the Prosser method.
These first image below shows beads that I think have all been made in Briare, and it includes some hollow beads of a (somewhat) similar shape.
The second image are also Briare beads, decorated to resemble for example drawn and agate beads.

Have you seen any of the other chevron types appear on any of their sample cards?

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