Antique flat teal Chevron Watermelon beads 12x9 mm, 22-inch strand, excluding raffia. The teal color is more rare and valuable than the green.
These beads exhibit the classic watermelon stripes that earned the name
Although you can't see it because the ends haven't been ground down, these bead are Chevron beads, meaning the canes they are made from consist of multiple layers of glass that create a star pattern in cross section.
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Made late 1800s to early 1900s
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