12mm Oxblood Red Picasso Polished Rectangle Beads [20] (see Comments)

Style no.:

G571

Beads per lot:

20

Cost per bead:

24 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

12mm (long) x 8mm (wide) x 4mm (thick) rectangles with hand-polished sides.

Colors/description:

Milky dark red glass with a mottled "picasso" coating on the edges which is a mixture of black and pale olive green (and possibly other colors).

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

I eliminate seriously defective beads before shipping.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

Important:  The picture, unfortunately, is old.  The good news is that the newest batch of these beads is a little nicer.  The red is a slightly brighter red (but still oxblood), and the picasso coating around the edges is similar but more interesting.  I think you will like them.  The bad news is that after ten years of holding the same price, the supplier has raised it, so I had to raise my price by 30 cents.  I should point out that probably no other supplier of these rectangular table-cut beads inspects them individually as I do, eliminating defective beads.  (My price inrease is 30 cents per lot, but that is only 1.5 cents per bead, so there isn't a huge difference.)

Date first posted:

December, 2006

Supplier:

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