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Floor, are these similar to yours?
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Posted by: stefany Post Reply
02/12/2017, 14:25:31

2 of the cylindrical beads have millefiore that include clear glass, as may have been made by Vaccari in Venice- and the squat 11-pointed star bead is also drawn glass, possibly Indian, though it has a resemblance to some experimental beads shown by Art Seymour in 2014 that were made by Cedi and him in Ghana.
the other photo shows those pink Venetians with blue spots that have been impressed with facets while soft, and also perhaps flattened by grinding.
for anyone who hasn't yet seen my new book the presence of the finger ring is only to show scale...

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Re: Floor, are these similar to yours? -- stefany Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: floorkasp Post Reply
02/12/2017, 20:19:07

The millefiori I got from Leo are indeed identical to the all yellow one. I saw there were more in his stash.

Fairly certain the chevron-ish bead you show is indeed Indian made.
I also got one of the pink with blue spots. I thought it was a bead that was ground down from a larger bead, but with the spots still intact, your explanation makes more sense.



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