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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joan, post: 10100617, member: 5398&quot;]Thank you, Curioser. I forgot about one of the photos I took several years ago of two damaged black beads that I decided to break open to see if the iridescence went all the way through, which it does. The glass also seems thicker than blown glass beads (I&#039;m sorry about the poor photo quality).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]506968[/ATTACH]</p><p>So I did some reading about glass beadmaking and learned that lampwork beads can be made from glass tubes, and the tools used are similar to those used for glassblowing. So now I&#039;m wondering if the black beads are lampwork, not blown.</p><p>I ran across a website for the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou, so decided to send an email with questions and photos to the curator.&nbsp; I&#039;ll update here if I get a reply.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S.&nbsp; I just realized I wrote above about the “Cooperation of the lampworkers for blown beads” so I guess lampworkers made blown beads---it&#039;s getting confusing....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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