Featured Is this foiled glass? xx

Hello all, got this yesterday, couldn't help myself, saw it and 50 pennies later it was mine.
It's so so pretty. I am pretty sure it's glass wth foil in? Is it 30s ish? or not? x x

The beads are all slightly different shapes and sizes x
Thank you everyone x x

 

Just seen some Venetian beads that look similiar

 

So pretty!!!
I think Venetian too, rather those called aventurine
Interesting reading here:
http://jewel-stories.blogspot.com/2012/01/wedding-cakes-venetian-fiorato-beads.html?m=1

 

Much better than foiled. Copper aventurine glass beads. Probably Venetian, could be as early as the thirties given it's short. Good barrel clasp.

 

Ohh thanks girls! Thrilled,they really are so beautiful!

 

Great find, I'd have grabbed them in a heartbeat.

 

Oh my Mrs. B, I know I am preaching to the converted but they are beautiful. Such depth of shine. The more I look at them,the nicer they are. I saw them and loved them but didn't really realise how nice they were til I looked at them properly when I got home. SO SHINY

 

They could be Venetian, but they could just as easily be Czech.

 

If they're knotted, I'd plump for Venetian. The clasp looks like it's straight out of the 1950s, so if it's original the beads may be 1950s too. That stringing method isn't 1930s for certain, but they could have been redone if the original cotton died. It does that, often at the worst possible time.

 

I've had a few strings that have died on me too so get that x
Thanks everyone, I love them xxx

 

Gorgeous color, sparkle, nice patina on the brass findings, and I like that they're graduated!