{"product_id":"white-hearts-antique-4-5mm-beads-on-24-inch-strand","title":"White Hearts Antique 4-5mm Beads on 24-inch Strand","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAntique White Hearts 4-5mm beads on 24-inch strand from the African Trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeautiful color and nicely rounded shapes on these beads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOnly one available\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDespite being plentiful in the US bead trade from the 1970s until the 2010s, the basic small strands are getting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003every\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehard to find. I spoke with dozens of African traders in Tucson this year, but nobody had any, or expected to see them again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI'm sharing some of my stash at old prices, but when they are gone they're gone!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNamed for their white core covered by a thin layer of translucent red glass, these beads were traded from Europe to every inhabited continent. Also known variously as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCornaline d'Aleppo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efor their resemblance to carnelian beads coming east from India through Syria and Turkey, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHudson Bay Beads\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebecause early settlers and Mountain Men in that area traded them to Native Americans for pelts.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeveloped in the 1600s, and produced mostly in Italy, but later also in Bohemia (now Czech Republic) and France, they had a lovely soft red pomegranate or light burgundy color until selenium replaced gold in the mix in 1890s. Selenium gave them a much brighter, harsher red. Selenium was abandoned in the 1930s because it was more expensive than gold at that time, but by then the global bead trade was winding down and the gold price keeps rising, so it's safe to say that essentially all the softer red beads are pre-1900.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bead-Zone.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48045249233205,"sku":"JSD-685","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/4388\/1301\/files\/JSD-685Bead-Zone.com.jpg?v=1706995212","url":"https:\/\/www.beadazzled.com\/products\/white-hearts-antique-4-5mm-beads-on-24-inch-strand","provider":"Beadazzled.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}