Antique Micro Seed Beads - 16/0 Transparent Dark Cobalt Navy Blue - 3. 2g Hanks
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:4082149 | Size: 16/0 |
| Color: Navy blue with slight deep purple undertone | Style: Seed |
| Finish: transparent | Material: Glass |
A dark navy blue with a cobalt, or deep purple, undertone. Long hanks that weigh 3.2 grams on average. This bead measures 30-31 beads per inch, a 16/0, but the average diameter is a 14/0. Note that handmade beads like these vary in diameter and are somewhat irregular, which makes them rare and no longer attainable except when old warehouse stock from before 1940 is offered, which is rare. This is all I have at this time.
Order all you want of any color and si...ze- shipping is only $3.33 regardless of total weight or cost, in the U.S. Overseas shipping is based on actual cost per weight. If the Ebay system charges you more than $3.33 I will refund the difference.
I have a huge collection of rare antique micro seed beads and recently acquired more that I am listing in several places, including Ebay. These beads were old store stock from Murano, Italy, and the Czech Republic, whose artisans handmade these beads in the 1800's up to the early 1900's. This is some of the last existing handmade antique bead stock. Additionally, many of the color pigments and finishes, like "greasy", are no longer made. When making these beads, the artisans took the ball of hot glass and pulled it by having a second glass blower take part of the molten ball, and walk across the width of the room where they worked. They chopped the long thin cane into beads, and depending upon how far they stretched the hot glass, the bead would get smaller in diameter. So, I have the same color in several different sizes, in some instances!
I size them in "Beads Per Inch" measurements, based on an online conversion chart. I am also going to show the diameter of the beads and the corresponding size, according to the old warehouse where these beads were made. When listing the bead, I will show the size that corresponds to beads per inch, but also include the diameter size in the listing description.
Here is the size chart for diameter on my beads:
Size inches millimeters beads per inch22 0.038 .9652 4820 .039-.045 .991-1.143 4218 .046-.052 1.17-1.32 3616 .053-.058 1.34-1.47 3014 .059-.065 1.49-1.65 2513 .066-.074 1.68-1.88 2312 .075-.084 1.9-2.13 2111 .085-.095 2.16-2.41 19
(these numbers are on a range because handmade beads are NOT UNIFORM like the modern ones)
Many sellers offer what they call "antique" seed beads, but they are factory produced and are sized three sizes larger than the beads I am offering, which are the authentic handmade ones that are no longer produced. I occasionally offer a bead as "Vintage", that may or may not be handmade, if I am unsure of the age span of the bead.
Order all you want of any color and si...ze- shipping is only $3.33 regardless of total weight or cost, in the U.S. Overseas shipping is based on actual cost per weight. If the Ebay system charges you more than $3.33 I will refund the difference.
I have a huge collection of rare antique micro seed beads and recently acquired more that I am listing in several places, including Ebay. These beads were old store stock from Murano, Italy, and the Czech Republic, whose artisans handmade these beads in the 1800's up to the early 1900's. This is some of the last existing handmade antique bead stock. Additionally, many of the color pigments and finishes, like "greasy", are no longer made. When making these beads, the artisans took the ball of hot glass and pulled it by having a second glass blower take part of the molten ball, and walk across the width of the room where they worked. They chopped the long thin cane into beads, and depending upon how far they stretched the hot glass, the bead would get smaller in diameter. So, I have the same color in several different sizes, in some instances!
I size them in "Beads Per Inch" measurements, based on an online conversion chart. I am also going to show the diameter of the beads and the corresponding size, according to the old warehouse where these beads were made. When listing the bead, I will show the size that corresponds to beads per inch, but also include the diameter size in the listing description.
Here is the size chart for diameter on my beads:
Size inches millimeters beads per inch22 0.038 .9652 4820 .039-.045 .991-1.143 4218 .046-.052 1.17-1.32 3616 .053-.058 1.34-1.47 3014 .059-.065 1.49-1.65 2513 .066-.074 1.68-1.88 2312 .075-.084 1.9-2.13 2111 .085-.095 2.16-2.41 19
(these numbers are on a range because handmade beads are NOT UNIFORM like the modern ones)
Many sellers offer what they call "antique" seed beads, but they are factory produced and are sized three sizes larger than the beads I am offering, which are the authentic handmade ones that are no longer produced. I occasionally offer a bead as "Vintage", that may or may not be handmade, if I am unsure of the age span of the bead.
