Share your favorites on Show & Tell

Unusual vintage Beads

In Art Glass > Show & Tell.
BHIFOS's loves653 of 4973Minerva   ;made for EatonsVictorian cased pink & blue shaded glass vase with mica inclusions
10
Love it
0
Like it

ReiseReise loves this.
mikelv85mikelv85 loves this.
BHIFOSBHIFOS loves this.
vcalvcal loves this.
vetraio50vetraio50 loves this.
dav2no1dav2no1 loves this.
NewfldNewfld loves this.
fortapachefortapache loves this.
BronmarBronmar loves this.
kwqdkwqd loves this.
See 8 more
Add to collection

    Please create an account, or Log in here

    If you don't have an account, create one here.


    Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate


    Posted 7 months ago

    Steptoe1
    (2088 items)

    Hello I just found a bag with these that I’d put aside , not sure what kind of item they was in , I think I have some more of these , but I don’t know anything about them

    Unsolved Mystery

    Help us close this case. Add your knowledge below.

    logo
    Art Glass
    See all
    American Hand Blown Blenko 9626S Desert Green & Topaz Saguaro Vase (Matt Carter)
    American Hand Blown Blenko 9626S De...
    $330
    Blenko Aqua 5922s Decanter Rare Color And Stopper Sandblasted
    Blenko Aqua 5922s Decanter Rare Col...
    $445
    Vintage Viking Art Glass Swung Vase 3 Foil Toe Hand Blown 20
    Vintage Viking Art Glass Swung Vase...
    $180
    Loetz Iridescent Sterling Silver Overlay Art Nouveau / Deco Glass Vase NR
    Loetz Iridescent Sterling Silver Ov...
    $494
    logo
    American Hand Blown Blenko 9626S Desert Green & Topaz Saguaro Vase (Matt Carter)
    American Hand Blown Blenko 9626S De...
    $330
    See all

    Comments

    1. keramikos, 7 months ago
      Steptoe1, They're known as "evil eye" beads.

      They've become popular in modern times, but the concept goes way back in history:

      *snip*

      While the alabaster idols of Tell Brak seem to be one of the oldest eye amulets discovered, they are a far cry from the typical blue glass we know today, the earliest iterations of which didn’t begin appearing in the Mediterranean until around 1500 BCE. How were these early prototypes of Tell Brak distilled into the more modern versions?

      “The glass beads of the Aegean islands and Asia Minor were directly dependent upon improvements in glass production,” Yildiran explains. “As for the colour blue, it definitely first comes from Egyptian glazed mud, which contains a high percentage of oxides; the copper and cobalt give the blue colour when baked.”

      *snip*

      https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180216-the-strange-power-of-the-evil-eye
    2. Steptoe1 Steptoe1, 7 months ago
      Thanks kera are they mainly Turkish or the whole region
    3. keramikos, 6 months ago
      Steptoe1, If you're talking about blue glass evil eye beads similar to the ones in this post:

      (Tinurl for "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazar_(amulet)," because CW S&T software doesn't play nicely with links that have an underscore character followed by an open parenthesis character)

      Nazar (amulet)

      https://tinyurl.com/3zjkcrek

      If you're talking about the specific blue glass evil eye beads in this post, they could be from anywhere, because they've become a popular vendor item.

    Want to post a comment?

    Create an account or login in order to post a comment.