6mm 'Bronze' Round Beads [50]

Cost per bead:

6.8 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm round (spherical).

Colors/description:

Glass beads with a bronze surface.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

Some beads have small pits in the surface, but the pits are generally too small to notice unless you are looking closely.  Such anomalies are common in glass beads.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

I have gotten these beads from three suppliers.  Supplier A sold a light bronze bead which I loved, but their price went up 75%.  Supplier E sold a bead which was slightly darker and more yellow, but their price also went up a huge amount (which made no sense since that supplier continues to sell bronze-colored beads in other shapes that are reasonably priced -- yet the round shape is the easiest to make).  Finally I found a new supplier, and their price is substantially lower.  Not only that, but the beads are a little lighter, closer to the beads that supplier A was selling.  I was able to lower my price by 20 cents per lot.  The beads pictured are from supplier A; it is an old picture and not very good.