where

Faux Painted Chevrons Clay??
	Post Reply	Edit	View All	Forum

Posted by: AnneLFG

Post Reply
04/28/2020, 21:59:53

So I'm looking through an Auction Site and find these Faux Chevrons. Anyone ever see any like these? I've seen some faux chevrons before, even Older ones, but this is a new one on me. They are representing them as "Mid/late 1900's....7-8 layer melded venetian glass "chevron" trade beads..." The bid is already $150. I think they have got to be hand painted clay??

Album I made: https://imgur.com/a/7wtV1Te

Bead lover, collector since Age 15, semi-retired had wholesale/retail bead, folk art, tribal art store Lost and Found Gallery for 25 yrs. in DT Greensboro, NC

Modified by AnneLFG at Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 22:23:18

From Indonesia
Re: Faux Painted Chevrons Clay?? -- AnneLFG	Post Reply	Edit		Forum	Where am I?

Posted by: floorkasp

Post Reply
04/29/2020, 03:05:51

These are not painted. They are glass beads, made in Java, Indonesia. The decoration is done while in the flame. This pictures shows a more simple version of these, but the idea is the same. I am not sure what they use for the decoration, because it does indeed look different that regular glass.

They are Javanese Glass
Re: Faux Painted Chevrons Clay?? -- AnneLFG	Post Reply	Edit		Forum	Where am I?

Posted by: Beadman

Post Reply
04/30/2020, 07:41:44

I showed these beads at the FaceBook Group, Bead Hunters, about a year ago. At that time I did not know, for certain, who made them. They are a more-elaborate version of beads from Java, that I do know and have. Shortly after my acquisition, I saw that they were included in a selection of Javanese beads—so that's rather telling. And their Javanese origin was confirmed by BeadBrother Max.

masha_chevron_imitations_19_1.jpg (85.5 KB)

masha_chevron_imitations_19_2.jpg (84.6 KB)

Forum Back