Hard to get a real feeling from the image, the mottled peach shading is unusual...

Do I see a white base bead with pink blush on the outer surface? I am assuming it is imitation coral. But I can't see it very well.

I thought I knew, but now I'm not sure. Here is a link to something similar.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Art-Deco-Signed-French-Angel-Skin-Coral-Glass-Bead-Necklace/132527711661?hash=item1edb4465ad:g:nloAAOSwrxJancMP

Look very closely for bubbles... a sign it is glass.

hank you Birdi. I did wonder if the beads were made to look like angel skin coral... The colour and mottled effect is exactly like the example you shared. There are no bubbles, but on some beads you can see what look like concentric layers around the hole.

This necklace looks to me like it is most likely Czech, made from lampworked beads.
The Czechs very often mimicked natural materials in glass, and the graduated sizes of the beads also points to the Czech Republic.

Thank you. I am interested to know where the beads might have been made. I see from a search online that there are also several similar angel skin type glass beads that are reported to be from Japan? Could that be another option for their origin?

They could also be Japanese. Sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference.
From the graduation my first choice is still Czech, though.

That is fascinating about the graduation of beads-I've learned something new today!

I agree with Floor they are probably Czech glass.

Typically they would make a white bead, then roll the molten bead in powdered frit (colored glass). These beads used a very fine powder to create the color.

The only example I was able to find has a French clasp, so sorry for the confusion.

When I see the Japanese faux coral they are usually round beads and have on pink spot. Graduated strands are not typical with Japanese beads.

Fascinating to know about the shape and one spot on Japanese beads-thank you.

These I think, provide an example of the Japanese coral imitations that Birdi describes above.

I've had these for maybe 20-25 years and I had two main sources for (non-trade) vintage beads then. A woman who gathered NOS (new old stock) from warehouses in Rhode Island, and a woman who somehow gleaned vintage Japanese and Czech glass beads, also NOS.

Mine seem a little translucent, with a clear bright finish that almost suggest an a/b finish. Like yours, more pink towards the holes, but actually white around the actual holes. Very clean straight holes.

I always thought they were Japanese, but I bow to the experts. :^)

These came in two sizes.

I store these in an old printers type tray drawer/chest, and never cleaned the trays. So eventually this collection gathers...er...dust. (Actually, grime from the original moveable type.)

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