205 Russian Cobalt Faceted Glass Beads 102 Pink Dutch Colonial Beads

These beads alternate roughly 2 Russian faceted beads for every pink Dutch Colonial bead. The whole strand is put onto a single length of hide. The blue faceted beads are the wonderful, deep cobalt blue, and the facets really bring out their color and power. These beads likely date to around 1820 – 1850. The […]

Loop Necklace of Russian Faceted Beads and 2 Crosses

This necklace is a beautiful use of luminescent, deep cobalt glass beads.  This double loop necklace has two rows of Russian, faceted, glass beads.  The top layer is darker in color and smaller and the bottom layer is lighter in color and larger.   The smaller row of glass beads range from 3/8″ to 1/4″ long.  […]