| Original Message: Old Coral with Decorative Banding |
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I made a few bucks at the the Bead Bazaar over the weekend, but more importantly, some new bead contacts. From one of these new contacts I was offered this broken necklace, and I bought it. It's a collection of antique mosaic coral beads, antique unaltered coral beads, some banded coral beads, all mixed in with a few silver beads from India and China. It is not an "ethnic piece" but a necklace composed by a collector from beads purchased over a period of time. I'm now busy re-composing and re-stringing it. And, I'd like to know if any forumites are familiar with the banded beads. One opinion I have so far, is that this decoration is typical of Ukraine, another says they are from the area of the former Yugoslavia. The bands are silver but but smallest one appears to be done in gold. Also, several of the bands are loose, and slide right off if handled, so I wonder if there are any opinions about using a discrete dab of white glue to hold them in place. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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