{"product_id":"bohemian-vintage-glass-collector-designer-set-of-6-clear-faceted-beads","title":"Bohemian, Vintage Glass, Collector\/Designer Set of 6 Clear Faceted Beads","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese beads are priced and sold by the set of 6 beads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVintage, or possibly antique, clear glass faceted Bohemian beads from the African trade. Largest a faceted oval 35x17mm, smallest faceted round 11mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne, the larger faceted cube, has a light yellow-greenish tinge reminiscent of vasaline beads, which were also made by Bohemian glass beadmakers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBohemia (now the Czech Republic) had a very active glassmaking industry in the 1800s, which included buttons and eventually many trade beads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntrepid 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 The beadmakers then developed ways to imitate the favored beads, originally made of stone or organic materials, in less expansive molded glass.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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Beadazzled.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52966160040245,"sku":"JSD-1336","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/4388\/1301\/files\/JSD-1336.jpg?v=1780671060","url":"https:\/\/www.beadazzled.com\/products\/bohemian-vintage-glass-collector-designer-set-of-6-clear-faceted-beads","provider":"Beadazzled.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}