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Item no.:

F331

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

7mm x 8mm pressed beads in a rosebud shape, with facets around the outside.  The beads were then dipped in acid to give them a matte finish.

Colors/description:

Clear glass with swirls of pink and white inside.

Defects:

I haven't noticed any significant defects.  However, fire-polished beads always have some imperfect facets.  (On the other hand, the acid wash that they apply to make the beads matte may erase some of those defects.)

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

These beads have "a lot going on":  an unusual rosebud shape with facets, swirls of color inside clear glass, and then a matte finish.  Even so, they "work" for me.  These are the most expensive "rosebud" beads I have gotten so far.