The first bead mystifies me as to how it was decorated. Any clues?
One link below, another attached
http://www.africainfinite.com/catalog.php?act=view_prod_info&id_prod=55652&i=&l=&sid=7636212ef3466b173e9b897cb7183bf2
It would seem that this bead is realized with the same technique as the false chevron which is on the site " africa infinite ". Is it really a technique of Bohemia? Where can one find other examples of similar beads?
The africa infinite bead looks to me like it may be a prosser bead, that is decorated afterwards. The bottom end is quite rough, and that is typical of a specific type of prosser beads. There are quite a few ways that the Bapterosses beadmakers tried to copy chevrons. This could be one of them. It could also be a Czech attempt, though I have not seen any proof that they copied chevrons like this.
The bead you show to me looks quite different from this faux chevron. It looks like actual porcelain/ceramic, and not the prosser glass/ceramic material. Difficult to tell from a picture, but I do not think they are related.
At first glance the long bead reminded me of a roll-pad mosaic bead but the end shot seems it's made of porcelin. How long is it? The smaller bead seems to be a powdered glass bead with preformed eyes. o.o
this bead is out of glass, it measures 51mmx9mmx9mm. It looks like, by its technique, the false chevron in "Africa infinite"