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<p>[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 857124, member: 8184"]Nobody these days uses the old terminology, so I can't confirm my memory for diddly squat. So take this for what it's worth. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie29" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would put the striped beads in the "mosaic glass" category, further identified as "ribbon glass." "Mosaic glass" beads are all beads made using the same basic technique that incorporates pre-made glass canes. Millefiori is the most well known of the Mosaic glasses.</p><p><br /></p><p>The center bead, I think is Czech. Peter Francis (<u>Beads of the World</u>) states "An early Czech technique was to mold a bead and then decorate it with ground lines." Full discovery: your bead is a much more ornate mold (I do believe it is molded) than the examples he shows. </p><p><br /></p><p>I still think it's Czech. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>As to the glow quandary. I once had a 1930s-ish green bead and clear crystal necklace that, while all the green glass looked identical, three or four beads fluoresced, the rest, nada. No clue why.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 857124, member: 8184"]Nobody these days uses the old terminology, so I can't confirm my memory for diddly squat. So take this for what it's worth. :bucktooth: I would put the striped beads in the "mosaic glass" category, further identified as "ribbon glass." "Mosaic glass" beads are all beads made using the same basic technique that incorporates pre-made glass canes. Millefiori is the most well known of the Mosaic glasses. The center bead, I think is Czech. Peter Francis ([U]Beads of the World[/U]) states "An early Czech technique was to mold a bead and then decorate it with ground lines." Full discovery: your bead is a much more ornate mold (I do believe it is molded) than the examples he shows. I still think it's Czech. :joyful: As to the glow quandary. I once had a 1930s-ish green bead and clear crystal necklace that, while all the green glass looked identical, three or four beads fluoresced, the rest, nada. No clue why.[/QUOTE]
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