The beads were called russian trade beads when i started collecting in the 1960s. I think more likely dutch factories and marano venice.
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The most common beads today have a diameter ranging from 7 mm to 11.
Russian faceted trade beads. They vary in diameter from 38 to 716 and vary in length from about 38 to 12. They were traded extensively in the pacific northwest and are still recognized today as the only bead of value to some of the native american tribes in the area. They are not found on the earliest russian sites in alaska and but rather during the end of russian rule and beginning of american rule.
For countless superb examples and more information see picards russian blues faceted and. The strand length usually averages at 27 inches. 25 inch strand of opaque blue faceted russian blue family beads vintage african trade beads c107 picardafricanimports 5 out of 5 stars 1754 1595 favorite.
Russian faceted beads are one of the most highly prized and sought after beads of the fur trade era. These beads were probably made in bohemia and carried by the russian fur trade to the pacific northwest in the early 1800s. They were also traded in africa.
According to ship cargo manifests the russian expeditions carried beads in addition to other cheap trade goods and while we do not know what beads they carried there are reasons they are called blue russians. As an archaeologist specializing in russian america i have found that the blue russian faceted beads date from circa 1850s 1870s. The beads in the strand are mostly intense cobalt blue beads with a few of the lighter royal blue beads.
A 63 faceted bead necklace on cotton string. The involvement of the russians in the fur trade in the pacific northwest gave the blue russian trade beads the romantic aura that has made them so collectible. 1800s huge alaskan traded family strand of russian blues glass faceted american indian athabaskan cobalt blue trade beads necklace 500000 400000 1800 new mexico powerful magical cave excavated apache indian elk tooth quartz crystal glass padre trade bead necklace 19.
As already stated russian trade beads tend to be short and multiple faceted. These are a little larger than the russian faceted beads traded here on the. Glass beads more information antique faceted russian blue trade beads actually made in prague bohemia and traded by russians british and americans for sea otter pelts and other furs on the pacific coast of north america.
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