Where are these delicious beads from?

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Where are these delicious beads from?

Posted by Preethi on June 4, 2015 at 7:43am

These were among a group of beads sold by ebay seller teddp, who I'm sure a number of people here follow. Thoughts on where these are from? I'm in awe of the granulation on these lovely beads.

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Brooke Benoit June 4, 2015 at 1:25pm

Yes they are! *mops keyboard*
Betty June 4, 2015 at 1:28pm

I would say Bali. I somewhere have a similar on (round shape) that I bought as a Bali bead. But these are among the most refined ones I have seen.
Lynn Ardent June 4, 2015 at 3:37pm

I agree with Betty, this is exceptionally beautiful Bali work which is probably vintage. I looked up the seller and saw the price these went for and about fainted!
Ethnic Embellishments June 4, 2015 at 6:11pm

These were cheap in the day- made for export, not tribal use. The workmanship like this from Bali is no longer found. We have a lot of newer vintage beads from Bali (but still great workmanship) on eBay right now at a far more reasonable price than these. I don't understand how some sellers price their items.....
Brooke Benoit June 4, 2015 at 6:39pm

So, how do we find each others' shop info? I haven't found any links/urls on the individual pages.
Preethi June 4, 2015 at 7:50pm

Interesting. I too originally thought these were very refined vintage beads, but thought I must learn more when I saw the price they went for. They were part of a group of beads that included 13 or so old Sri Lankan beads and a couple of other silver beads in the auction, which may explain the price to an extent.

Hillary, do you have information on when such beads stopped being produced?
Ethnic Embellishments June 4, 2015 at 8:27pm

I would say that these are around 1980's, but don't quote me. Like jewelry for export produced in Afghanistan, the quality went way down quite rapidly, over a 30 year period. There are always exceptions.

I hate to advertise, but we are "alqator" on eBay, also Ethnic Embellishments is the store name.
Brooke Benoit June 5, 2015 at 2:35pm

Thank you EE. Etiquette is a hairy thing, but I think in this case folks would want to know where to locate items-though I suppose we have the option of privately messaging someone - is that how EJ prefers? Just surprised to not be able to find links/urls on the individuals' pages and was wondering if I just hadn't found them yet :/

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Where are these delicious beads from?

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