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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 2050107, member: 50&quot;]I don&#039;t know much about beads but somewhere I do have a few books, primarily because I was finding some in archaeological sorting. I will go look to see what I can find in them if someone who knows doesn&#039;t show up.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I <i>think</i> there were some beads where the glass was melted like lamp work glass, drawn out thinly (like a long thread), then wrapped around a rod. Looking at your beads that would seem to fit what I think I&#039;m seeing with the direction of the glass. </p><p><br /></p><p>If they are blown and then drawn (think of a long straw) the glass striations run lengthwise I <i>think</i> and these look like the striations run the opposite.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then I don&#039;t know much and remember even less.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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