Bohemian, Molded Glass, Clear & Moon, Collector/Designer Set of 6 beads
SKU: AFE-1773
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$5.00
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Description
- These beads are priced and sold by the set of 6 beads
- Vintage, or possibly antique, clear glass molded faceted Bohemian beads from the African trade.
- There are some fancy shapes here, one that I think might be a dodecahedron and two cube shape beads each with 4 facets on each of its 4 sides, plus 2 mini cubes 4x4mm and a flat milk glass hexagon still in production in the Czech Republic today
- Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) had a very active glassmaking industry in the 1800s, which included buttons and eventually many trade beads
- Intrepid agents of the manufacturers traveled around west and northwest Africa collecting information about the kinds of beads the people liked. The beadmakers then developed ways to imitate the favored beads, originally made of stone or organic materials, in less expansive molded glass. This led to new exciting clear glass versions, and many new colors, as well as an expanded array of shapes until the early 1900s when this trade died out during World War I