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Item no.:

G1418

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

15mm bone-shaped beads with the hole running the long direction.

Colors/description:

Caramel brown with loose horizontal red stripes.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape.  There is a visible seam down the sides of each bead which gives the beads a slightly cheap appearance (really good beads wouldn't have a visible seam).  Some beads have little dimples towards the ends (you can see such a bead in the picture above; look at the bottom, slightly left of center); not all the beads are perfectly shaped.  Bone-shaped beads sometimes have fissures at the ends, but I see no fissures in these beads.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

I like these funky beads.  Please note that the actual beads are slightly lighter than the picture indicates, and in bright light can look yellowish.