Interesting to see everyone's responses. Either way, I am glad I am was not completely ignorant for thinking they were/are real. The decoration on the vessels seem to be very similar to one another. Especially the red-white black stripe and the two types of murrini, one red/white, others with a yellow center. I had noticed the Venetian bead indeed. Perhaps I can find some more close-ups in the pictures I took of the strand when I get back home on Monday. If I do, I will post them.