I'm happy to oblige Thomas - here is my "collector's strand" of Venetians and a few Islamic-era beads. Recently the older round feather/arcade/festoon patterned Venetians were described to me as "made to imitate the Islamic era beads". That may or may not be the case, but these larger beads are hard to find in any condition, making collecting them a true treasure hunt!

Happy Sunday to all BCN forumites!

Hi Thomas,
some weeks ago I was generously blessed by Joyce first, who sent me a beautiful package with an old Chevron cane (and a huge new Chinese Chev. cane and very nice oval Chinese Millefiori, copies from Venetians...), and two weeks or so later another gift arrived from John and Ruth P., with the large red Venetian Chev. from the same time period.
Looks, as if they have worked together, this friends (and THANKS one more time!), or it was just magic, but what they sent works together at any rate....
I love it...:-)
All the Best
Uwe

Two very large Art Seymour red chevrons. If I remember right, Art told me they were made in the late 1900's. I am sorry I don't have the measurements at hand. They are the size of lemons.

So, there my dear! ROFL!

From the inside out, it's cobalt blue, opaque red, cobalt blue, white, opaque red. I love the beads made from it - and I think some beads as well as cane may be still available from the Picards.

Uwe does a fantastic job grinding! The two discs are perfect on simple silver hoops.

With the other 2, I recently strung a necklace with the only polychrome Kiffa triangle I own. I put it on heavy black artificial sinew, with a knot on each side of the triangle (but not tightly) to prevent the weight of the other beads from bearing down on the Kiffa triangle. Since Kiffa are of powderglass, and the perforation is very close to the back "wall" of the bead, I want to be as careful with it as possible.

The red rosetta discs by Uwe on this necklace are really special, because he also drilled a little suspension hole just about 4mm away from the outer edge of the beads! I can't figure out how he did it. So, I made a suspension loop for each of these by threading seven 2mm sterling beads through the hole of each bead. Then when I strung the necklace, there are two 2mm sterling beads strung where I placed the suspended rosetta disc, so that they swing freely.

There are bead gifts from 3 people on this tiny necklace. Besides that, beads purchased from at least 4 separate sources. Which is why I don't get in a big hurry with these projects...no matter how small.

Thanks again, Uwe, for these fabulous little labor-intensive treasures!
The red disc earrings were worn to see Foghat and Blue Oyster Cult last month!

Mr. DBC, great to hear from you and thank you for Sunday S & T. Did you make it to the Friendship rendezvous last month? I imagine Art and Basket Bob were there, possibly Nicole, Bully and a few other African dealers? I'd love to see images if anyone has any.

Only Bully was there.

could be 'cause I'm partial to nice poly tri Kiffa beads

for the beautiful blue discs with darker stripes and yellow dots!
(Dogbone was my Santa this year)

A fun mix! - or two