Latest blog post touches on the question, "What do you do when the exotic imported beads you're using run out and you can't get more because your countries are at war?"

Some very odd beads in this suite of "Chinese lantern" charm jewelry attributed by lore to the Miriam Haskell workshop. The only Chinese beads in these necklaces and brooches are cloisonne dragon beads and carved 1930s cinnabar.

The rest of the beads are a truly odd assortment -
a black bumpy bead I posted about here awhile ago, that seems to be blow glass with a blackened silver coating
Lampwork beads from ... Venice? Czechoslovakia? post-WW2 Japan?
Rhode Island filigree bead (we'll see more of this one, stay tuned)
Phenolic and non-phenolic plastics
Painted wood
Japanese molded composition
Sea bean seeds
Crude pressed glass? Prosser? flying saucer beads and lily caps
Stone chip inlay probably from India
A mysterious dentable black bead with faux-cloisonne designs (black bead with red dots, second pic - also appears with stylized floral pattern in other pieces)
etc

https://www.beadiste.com/2025/01/puzzling-evidence-suite-of-chinese.html