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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 31340, member: 111"]Chain-strung beads are usually original, unlikely to be restrung on chain, the findings are typical mid 20th century, as are the beads, while the beads and/or findings may have been made elsewhere, they are very typical of 1950s-60s German. They may be called nugget, pebble or baroque, and yours might be found described as 'givre' or 'porphyr(y)', but that would be debatable, 'givre' should be a transparent or translucent glass with an interior streak of opaque (usually white) and 'porphyr' should have streaks or stripes of transparent and opaque. My eyesight is pretty poor anymore and I'm not really seeing the iridescence, but they may have been coated or it may just be a property of the glass (they're not dichroic beads).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some new/old stock beads in a similar shape (may have to get some of these - yummy colors): <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/176967051/25-stunning-vintage-germany-us-zone-ruby?ref=shop_home_active_2&ga_search_query=germany%2Bbeads" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/176967051/25-stunning-vintage-germany-us-zone-ruby?ref=shop_home_active_2&ga_search_query=germany%2Bbeads" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/176967051/25-stunning-vintage-germany-us-zone-ruby?ref=shop_home_active_2&ga_search_query=germany+beads</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A triple-strand choker in a more varied but similar color scheme: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/371126356387?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D371126356387%26_rdc%3D1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/371126356387?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D371126356387%26_rdc%3D1" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/371126356387?ru=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=371126356387&_rdc=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 31340, member: 111"]Chain-strung beads are usually original, unlikely to be restrung on chain, the findings are typical mid 20th century, as are the beads, while the beads and/or findings may have been made elsewhere, they are very typical of 1950s-60s German. They may be called nugget, pebble or baroque, and yours might be found described as 'givre' or 'porphyr(y)', but that would be debatable, 'givre' should be a transparent or translucent glass with an interior streak of opaque (usually white) and 'porphyr' should have streaks or stripes of transparent and opaque. My eyesight is pretty poor anymore and I'm not really seeing the iridescence, but they may have been coated or it may just be a property of the glass (they're not dichroic beads). Here are some new/old stock beads in a similar shape (may have to get some of these - yummy colors): [URL='https://www.etsy.com/listing/176967051/25-stunning-vintage-germany-us-zone-ruby?ref=shop_home_active_2&ga_search_query=germany%2Bbeads']https://www.etsy.com/listing/176967051/25-stunning-vintage-germany-us-zone-ruby?ref=shop_home_active_2&ga_search_query=germany+beads[/URL] A triple-strand choker in a more varied but similar color scheme: [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/371126356387?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D371126356387%26_rdc%3D1']http://www.ebay.com/itm/371126356387?ru=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=371126356387&_rdc=1[/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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