The smaller bead is 15mm in diameter and the larger bead is 18mm in diameter.I took the picture of the beads in better lighting side by side , the base color is a light blue. hole on the eye bead is 4.3 mm and the other bead the hole i 2.5 mm. Thanks
The size and color of both beads do not seem consistent with Venetian beads - so I'm puzzled now.
On the one with white cross hatching -I would expect on an antique bead that the white glass would degrade differently than the blue glass, but these white lines look similar to the background color in wear. The surface texture looks similar to that of beads etched to remove surface gloss.
Would really be interesting to handle these beads.
No other info as to where and when they were collected?
Please be aware that it's impossible to be absolutely sure about beads from images alone.
The surface pitting on the fancy on the left is suspicious for me, as is the slightly "squarish" shape. The texture and pattern as well as the poorly defined trailing is weird for the one on the right. From the photos alone, and not being able to handle the beads or view through a loupe in person,
my guess is recent Indonesian, dirtied up intentionally. Can you do an image of the perforations?
I think you might be right, probably made in Indonesia. I have seen many recent reproductions but these ones i wasn't sure about.
