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Item no.:

G1108

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

12mm flat rectangles

Colors/description:

translucent yellow glass with loose horizontal stripes of opaque yellow, plus a mottled brown coating around the edges; the faces of the beads are hand-polished

Defects:

Because these are expensive beads, I examine them individually and eliminate seriously defective beads (such as beads with cracks or large pits or partially polished windows) before shipping.  However, small pits and short, shallow scratches are not counted as defects.  With some beads, the picasso coating got into the holes and made the holes black – I don't count those as defective.

Please click here to read my article about defects in polished window beads and how I handle the defects.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

When I compare these beads with the chartreuse beads, they look very similar.  In fact, the yellow in these beads tends to look chartreuse unless you are looking at them in very bright light.  The main difference between these and the chartreuse beads is that the chartreuse beads are more opaque.