Vintage Purple Glass Beads

11mm. These beauties are gently cupped in the center. They are simply sensational! Made in Western Germany. Another limited item.

6 x 4mm faceted barrels. Made in Czechoslovakia. You may not be able to tell from the photo but these are white lined transparent glass beads on their original strand. What wonderful faceting! I really love these!

6 x 8mm.
These are rare genuine Myiuki’s - Pre war, made in Japan. These beads are in uncirculated condition. They don’t make this color anymore. Its very hard to come by this size as well. Very rare wonderful quality beads.

8 x 8mm. Made in Czechoslovakia. A nice transparent amethyst glass bead. In the shape of a half bullet, it is domed on the top, and flat on the bottom.

5mm bead. Made in Czechoslovakia by the Nelson Bead Company, these vintage amethyst beads are English cuts. English cuts are rough cut beads that were made before machine cutting was perfected. The faceting is slightly imperfect and rough but it gives them a nice sparkle!

8 x 14mm. This bead is a wonderful bullet shape. . . .sort of! We love the size and the nice light amethyst color.

6 x 8mm. Made in Czechoslovakia. Transparent vintage glass rondells in the shape of a flower. These are really cute! Available in a rainbow of colors these will make a great spacer bead!

5mm rounds with a matte finish. Lovely.

12mm x 4mm. Beautiful old washed finish! They just don’t make um like this anymore! Super Rare!! These are rare genuine Myiuki’s - Pre war, made in Japan. These beads are in uncirculated condition. They don’t make this color anymore. Its very hard to come by this size as well. Very rare wonderful quality beads.

13 x 13 x 7mm. These are unusual in shape. A sort of chick-let on the large side, but not quite. They have a nice polished finish and the size is nice to work with. Very limited.

8mm. These glass flying saucer shaped beads are a wonderful transparent amethyst color.

6 x 12mm. Simply scrumptious! Limited.

14 x 5mm. Nice old made in Czechoslovakia spacer style beads. These have a nice indentation in the center of both sides so that it will hug other beads that you may wish to incorporated into your designs. (12mm round beads look smart with these Hug Beads.)

8mm. Made in Czechoslovakia. You will receive a temporarily strung strand of 25 beads. Super color! Nice satin finish.

4-5x 20mm. These 5-sided frosted glass tube beads have a beautiful white heart that gives them alot of dimension. Made in Chechoslovakia, these are very unique beads!

5 x 10 x 18mm. Made in Japan. These are translucent amethyst glass beads. Flattened oval in shape, these beauties have a white core and are surrounded by a deeper amethyst spiral. Each is unique, and really beautiful!

7 to 10mm graduated beads. This is a 16" graduated strand of vintage violet colored glass beads. Made in West Germany, the U.S. Zone, these glass beads are cut to have the look of branch coral. Just re-string, add a clasp, and you are ready to go!

7mm beads. These vintage transparent glass beads were made in Japan. Their white core centers and dimpled glass exterior give them so much personality!

6mm rondells. Made in Czechoslovakia. Vintage cinter beads were made from leftover glass which was ground up and then pressed into beads. They have a nice speckled pattern to them and each bead is unique in pattern and coloring.

8mm. These are made in Japan. Wonderful deep amethyst color, shape and size! It doesn’t get much better than this! Yummy!!!

6mm rondells. Made in Czechoslovakia. Vintage cinter beads were made from leftover glass which was ground up and then pressed into beads. They have a nice speckled pattern to them and each bead is unique in pattern and coloring.

OUTSTANDING!!! These are old hand made beads that are an opaque lilac color with a periwinkle blue swirl. Yummy. . . . oh yeah! They are made in Japan. Some have the original tags. These are temporarily strung in a graduated fashion. The sizes vary but on average size is 4 to 12mm. The lengths of the strand averages 16 inches. Very nice value.

8 x 5mm. Made in Czechoslovakia. These have a squared rice shape. The color is a rich eggplant moonglow. Beautiful shine!

10 x 22mm. Lilac satin finish with blunt facets. Drilled from top to bottom, work these into any design. I think they would make fabulous earrings! Nice satin finish.

6 x 3mm tube shape beads.
These are rare genuine Myiuki’s - Pre war, made in Japan. These beads are in uncirculated condition. They don’t make this color anymore. Its very hard to come by this size as well. Very rare wonderful quality beads. Sold in gross packages. 144 beads per gross.

12mm round - that substantial for glass! These beauties are drilled corner to corner. The puffed white opaque centers give these that special look called Givre. Yummy.

7mm round. These pretty light amethyst rounds have a nice satin matte finish. Pretty old world color!

12 x 14mm. Swirles of white enhance the wonderful baroque nugget shape of this glass bead. Unusual shape and color.