Featured More beads... whaddya reckon?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Ownedbybear, Sep 18, 2023.

  1. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I suspect these are restrung, but what do we reckon about the blue banded ones? They seem older.

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  2. Lark

    Lark Well-Known Member

    interesting blend. I would google lens the stone beads.
     
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  3. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Those are odd!
    Do they feel like glass or stone or could they be a composite?
    I wonder if they are a later restring with that clasp and a mix of old glass and newer craft made ones?
     
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  4. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I absolutely think a later restring with a mix. The blue ones are very odd. Like a layered stone and the colour is lapis.

    good thought on lens.
     
  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Nice colour combination. Looks like the blue bands are painted on.
     
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  6. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Aj, they’re actually solid, that’s what’s odd. It’s like three slices, but there’s no joins. If that makes sense.
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It does. Maybe some tightly pressed material?
     
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  8. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I’ve louped them, and the layers sort of blur in. They tooth tap like stone or glass, and they’re unevenly made, so done by hand I think. A couple of the ends are shinier. I’m beginning to think very very old glass. As in ancient.
     
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  9. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Certainly possible. I'd say a mixed restring too. The only question is how many times have they been restrung. Those composite beads could be really old. I wouldn't say Egyptian, but who knows.
     
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  10. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    The more I look, the more I think they are at least Roman and possibly earlier than that. They’ve got that quality of not exactly crudeness but hand made without tools. I like them a lot.
     
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  11. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Can we see a close up please?
     
  12. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I’ll get some more tomoz. Too dark now. ;)
     
  13. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    OK, more photos. Light is pants today, it's piddling down outside.

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  14. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I can honestly say I don't have a clue.
     
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  15. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    They look very old. Could the ends have been dipped in a dye that penetrated more than paint?
     
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  16. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I don’t think so, the colour seems solid. I can’t capture it with the camera, but it goes through, if that makes sense.
     
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  17. mirana

    mirana Well-Known Member

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  18. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Thank you! Yes, it makes sense.
     
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  19. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Oho, there’s some very similar ones on those links. The face ones are fabulous.
     
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