Here is a discussion from 2005, started by our dear Russ Nobbs.

In it, Jamey tells us ......

"Peter showed some of these 1970s Indian beads in his monograph from 1979, "The Glass Beads of India."

I think I have a copy of this (thanks Thomas!) in storage.....can anyone put their hands on one and perhaps share an image from this Peter Francis Jr. monograph?

The following year after first posting such beads, Russ found a manufacturer in New Delhi and had them made, from samples that he was told hadn't been made since the 1970s......