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Bead ID please

Posted by Ethnic Embellishments on August 10, 2012 at 11:35pm

These beads are a recent acquisition and as bead are not a strong point of mine, I would welcome any input. They were sold as Qajar Dynasty Persian beads. The beads do show great wear, some more than others.

Comments

Harald August 11, 2012 at 12:11pm

They are beautiful. They look like the wound glass beads made in Venice +/- 1850 that were used in the Islamic world.
Chantal August 11, 2012 at 3:32pm

Could it be what they used to call Venetian Red feathers (although the beads here are black....)? But I dont know much about beads, experts may want to clarify.............