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ID help please, molded beads
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Posted by: karavanserai

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11/06/2017, 03:18:21

Hi ,my friend Karen got lucky on one of her flea market expeditions: 3 bracelets made of glass molded beads, all featuring flowers, remeniscent of the carved coral ones. One of them has clear glass beads featuring what seems to me Thai temple dancers (or...?.
Does anyone know where these were produced? Czech or Chinese or.....
Sorry forgot to ask the dimensions, but my best guess is they were about 30 mm high.
Thanks for your help.
In real the blue is more purple, the pink a bit stronger.

martine

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Posted by: karavanserai

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11/06/2017, 04:04:44

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Posted by: Sammitenn

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11/06/2017, 10:14:54

They are amazing!

Japanese/Czech revisited…
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Posted by: Frederick II

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11/06/2017, 12:14:09

I am only familiar with plastic floral ones from the 1930's, exactly like yours but marked: "Made in Japan." Could yours be Czech, using molds originally intended for Japanese plastic floral designs? And, maybe the figural pieces are just Czech?

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=679&ei=hcMAWtHFKoW2jwOI7argCg&q=Japanese+molded+bracelets&oq=Japanese+molded+bracelets&gs_l=img.3…4572.10471.0.10660.27.26.1.0.0.0.136.2450.19j6.25.0....0...1.1.64.img..1.13.1287...0j0i30k1j0i8i30k1j0i10i24k1j0i24k1.0.km8H1r8I2mY

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Posted by: karavanserai

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11/07/2017, 05:58:38

Thank you Fred! Wow, this is the closest I have seen so far. The flower arrangement on some of the bracelets has a similar buildup. Someone must have thought they could conquer the Japanese market with glass variations? This is definitely a puzzle. We will keep looking and hopefully we might find the same ones but with a bit more information.
Thanks again.

martine

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