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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 611688, member: 5398"]I was still curious to know more, so I messaged Ethnic Jewels Magazine and the person who responded referred me to the Ethnic Jewels Community on Facebook. So far two people said they are Venetian/Italian and thought/guessed the beads were mid-1900s. Two people wrote the following explanations of how they were made: </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/uwe.wantke" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.facebook.com/uwe.wantke" rel="nofollow">Uwe Wantke</a> "Two or more slices of a rosetta cane were fused together. Yes, Venetian..."</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/floor.kaspers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.facebook.com/floor.kaspers" rel="nofollow">Floor Kaspers</a> "Chevrons are beads that are cut from a tube with a star pattern. By grinding it, the actual chevron pattern comes out. These are millefiori or mosaic beads decorated with star canes. The cane for these are made very similar to the tube for chevrons, but instead of having a tube that is coldworked for chevrons, the star cane is cut into slices and applied to a bead while hot, at a torch."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 611688, member: 5398"]I was still curious to know more, so I messaged Ethnic Jewels Magazine and the person who responded referred me to the Ethnic Jewels Community on Facebook. So far two people said they are Venetian/Italian and thought/guessed the beads were mid-1900s. Two people wrote the following explanations of how they were made: [URL='https://www.facebook.com/uwe.wantke']Uwe Wantke[/URL] "Two or more slices of a rosetta cane were fused together. Yes, Venetian..." [URL='https://www.facebook.com/floor.kaspers']Floor Kaspers[/URL] "Chevrons are beads that are cut from a tube with a star pattern. By grinding it, the actual chevron pattern comes out. These are millefiori or mosaic beads decorated with star canes. The cane for these are made very similar to the tube for chevrons, but instead of having a tube that is coldworked for chevrons, the star cane is cut into slices and applied to a bead while hot, at a torch."[/QUOTE]
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