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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 221132, member: 2844&quot;]Trade beads are a tricky subject, as they are still being made.</p><p>They were originally made in Europe, particularly Venice and The Netherlands, but are now made in India. The round brass ones are also still being made in India.</p><p>I am no expert, but I believe the out of round ones are recent. Old millefiore, chevron, etc. beads are more carefully made.</p><p>The first picture are antique millefiore trade beads, with beautiful detail and an antique feel.</p><p>The second picture are recent Indian chevron trade beads with visible flaws. Not all recent trade beads are this flawed, I selected these two to show mistakes that would not have been acceptable in the old trading days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Komo, yours are chevron beads as well. In millefiore beads, just like other millefiore glass, you can see little flowers. Millefiore is Italian for a thousand flowers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]65551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]65552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucille, your plastic beads are based on bone and ivory beads, also originally made in Europe for intercontinental trade. The bone beads are now made in India and Hongkong, just like the bone &#039;hairpipe&#039; beads used in Native American jewellery.</p><p>The one on the left is an antique one, the one on the right 20th century Hongkong.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]65553[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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