Measurements: 10mm long x 11mm wide with a 1mm threading hole
Quantity per pack: 10 beads - chosen at random (beads may vary from the photos as each bead is individual - photo is a guide only).
Origin: Hand Made in India - We believe this bead to be a reproduction of a Trade Bead.
These beads are on a base of clear transparent glass, with 'crumbs' of glass added in red blobs and within the red is a blue circle with a white star in the centre. Often called Venetian Trade Beads, they were made as trading beads to the Americas and Africa.
Bead Shack made a huge bead haul around 2007, and these beads were quite old before that. The man we purchased them from used to collect large hauls of beads that became available, so who knows how long ago they were made! Our best guess would be around 1980s.
