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  Cam Knuckey September 21, 2010 at 2:14pm

  aaaah! I've wondered, enthused and theorised about these pressed red glass "hearts" imagining they were religious "souvenirs" of an Islamic Saints tomb or shrine of Pilgrimage.
  Somewhere perhaps in Persia (or perhaps the vaguer Turkestan !)
  Alas it was on a link to this forum, (which I've mislaid and would love to relocate thanks)
  that I read that they are Czech glass made for use (or export) to the Islamic market.
  It's funny that something so exotic to us was actually exotic to its wearer, too!
  Cheers Cam.
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  Kathleen McCabe-Elsey September 21, 2010 at 4:23pm

  I love the combination of 3 cultures in this - (I guess 4 since it is now worn with blue jeans and a white collared shirt in sunny California) :)
  
  I found this thread - http://www.beadcollector.net/cgi-bin/anyboard.cgi?fvp=%2Fopenforum%...
  but there was another not too long ago - just can't guess the right search criteria...
  
  In Beads of the World page 67 " the Czechs found a large and ready market in the Islamic world and geared production to it. Crescents and star motifs were popular"...1900's
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  Kathleen McCabe-Elsey September 21, 2010 at 4:33pm

  Not what you asked for - but a cool link
  http://www.msb-jablonec.cz/en/
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  Kathleen McCabe-Elsey September 21, 2010 at 4:44pm

  Another link regarding beads and their history
  http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/tbmhilites&...
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  Cam Knuckey September 23, 2010 at 2:38pm

  Thanks for these Kathleen, I may have got lost but I thought I found a link here to a retailler handling timeless Czech glass, like "wedding beads" those coloured "balloons" and these "Islamic hearts" and all sorts of pressed and cast glass.
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  Zareen Smith December 12, 2011 at 3:33am

  I have always been drawn to these necklaces with their beautiful colors and flashing dangles.  So beautiful!