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Please help ID-ing --- uwe ( 2009-06-24 02:51 ) (0 reads) file img

blue beads --- uwe ( 2009-06-24 03:04 ) (0 reads) file img
- blue beads --- Joyce ( 2009-06-24 06:02 ) (0 reads)
3-sided blue --- uwe ( 2009-06-24 03:13 ) (0 reads) file img
- Re: 3-sided blue --- Joyce ( 2009-06-24 06:04 ) (0 reads)
2 conical beads --- uwe ( 2009-06-24 03:20 ) (0 reads) file img
- Cornerless cubes? --- Joyce ( 2009-06-24 06:07 ) (0 reads)
  - Re: Cornerless-Cube Beads? --- Beadman ( 2009-06-24 10:02 ) (0 reads)
    - Twisted Square, cornerless cube, I always forget, thanks! Sorry Uwe... (no text) --- Joyce ( 2009-06-24 15:33 ) (0 reads)
India and Ghana? --- uwe ( 2009-06-24 03:29 ) (0 reads) file img
- I would guess both are powderglass. The red bead certainly is from Ghana, and recent. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2009-06-24 09:48 ) (0 reads)
- The green looks more like stone than glass! (no text) --- jeff ( 2009-06-24 14:06 ) (0 reads)
  - Many old powderglass beads from W. Africa can be "stony-looking" ! --- Beadman ( 2009-06-24 17:35 ) (0 reads)
  - It does look like stone until --- Carl Dreibelbis ( 2009-06-25 20:30 ) (0 reads)
    - "Koli-of-the-Water" --- Beadman ( 2009-06-26 02:35 ) (0 reads)
      - Interesting stuff Jamey --- Carl Dreibelbis ( 2009-06-26 15:07 ) (0 reads)
        
        Shapes --- Beadman ( 2009-06-27 20:18 ) (0 reads)
        
        Thanks Mr. Allen, Great information as always. (no text) --- Carl Dreibelbis ( 2009-06-27 21:26 ) (0 reads)
        hmmm.... --- uwe ( 2009-06-28 08:50 ) (0 reads) link file img
        
        Thanks for the new shots, Uwe, it changes my mind entirely. (no text) --- Carl Dreibelbis ( 2009-06-28 09:00 ) (0 reads)
        
        That´s good, so it wasn´t for nothing...LOL...all the best to you, friend...!! (no text) --- uwe ( 2009-06-28 09:05 ) (0 reads)
        
        You were here! Faience vs. Powderglass --- Beadman ( 2009-06-28 09:42 ) (0 reads)
        
        oh yes.... --- uwe ( 2009-06-28 10:01 ) (0 reads)
        
        You are welcome—and I am gratified to know it was helpful! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2009-06-28 10:05 ) (0 reads)
      - Are these „Koli“ beads too...?? --- uwe ( 2009-06-28 08:51 ) (0 reads) file img
        
        Yes. In Ghana these would most likely be called "koli" beads. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2009-06-28 09:19 ) (0 reads)
        
        Thanks one more time...!! (no text) --- uwe ( 2009-06-28 09:23 ) (0 reads)
????? --- uwe ( 2009-06-24 03:33 ) (0 reads)
oops, here are the images --- uwe ( 2009-06-24 03:34 ) (0 reads) file img
- Venetian green core with fancy exterior colors (no text) --- Joyce ( 2009-06-24 06:09 ) (0 reads)
Venetian? --- uwe ( 2009-06-24 03:42 ) (0 reads) file img
- Turkey or Pakistan rather than India? (see Beads of the world, P. Francis, p82, Hyderabad) (no text) --- Stefany ( 2009-06-24 05:09 ) (0 reads)
  - Beadmakers in Turkey or Pakistan do not create millefiori work, nor any mosaic-glass work. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2009-06-24 10:46 ) (0 reads)
    - -my comment just related to furnace-wound beads in the post I replied to! we sold them in my shop- (no text) --- Stefany ( 2009-06-24 11:08 ) (0 reads)
      - OK, but you replied to a post that shows a millefiori bead! (no text) --- Beadman ( 2009-06-24 11:58 ) (0 reads)
        
        a post that may show a millefiori bead -yup, (egg on face) --- Stefany ( 2009-06-24 13:12 ) (0 reads)
Hi Uwe! --- Joyce ( 2009-06-24 06:00 ) (0 reads)
- Correct! --- Beadman ( 2009-06-24 09:46 ) (0 reads)
  - Thanks so much....! --- uwe ( 2009-06-24 10:37 ) (0 reads)
    - You are welcome! And have a great day. (no text) --- Beadman ( 2009-06-24 10:44 ) (0 reads)

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