Click here for larger image | Crackle Bead Necklace – Ruby Red
| from £30.00 | Ref: CRACREDN01 | | see drop down list below for exact price for your chosen size |
Ruby red Czech firepolished beads, glass crackle beads, and sterling silver rondelle beads are strung on a continuous style necklace to give a simple but elegant look. (Necklace approx 66cm long).
Our jewellery is presented in beautiful velvet pouches and you can choose from either red, bronze or antique white. To view pictures of our packaging click here.
Beads have been made in Bohemia since Roman times, although it wasn't until the 1550's that a major glass industry was founded in the cities of Jablonec, Stanovsko, and Bedrichov (modern Reichenberg) in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). These glassmakers were mostly cottage crafters making beads for use in larger jewellery factories.
Competition in glass production between the Czech Republic and Venice has always been fierce. However, during the industrial innovation of the 19th century The Czech Republic developed new machines using a process of pressing molten glass into a heated mold. Venice continued to concentrate on handmade glass beads, while the Czechs became masters of pressed glass. Although Czech glass production suffered in the 20th Century after WWII, today the Czech Republic are again at forefront of the world bead market.
 | Our Crackle Bead Bracelet – Ruby Red matches this necklace - from £21.00.
5% discount when buying the matching pair.
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