Vintage Japanese Beads

7 x 11mm. Made in Japan. These are delicate hollow beads with a warm mustard yellow color and fantastic shape. Light as a feather! Very rare beads.

6 x 12mm. Made in Japan. These transparent beauties are a brilliant orange swirled with darker hues. Each bead is unique in shape and coloring. Very unusual!

30 x 9mm average size. Made in Japan by Cherry Brand. Very rare and limited. These yellow hand made beads have a white and brown swirl. They are slighly curved and tapered at one end. Very unusual.

8mm round. Beautiful, made in Japan, these are glass golden topaz round beads.The opaque centers further enhance the warm colorful glow of these beads. Gotta love em!

10 x 17mm. Handmade in Japan, each of these beads is a one of a kind! With a white base, these beads are embellished on the edges with an orange and red striped pattern. Another fantastic vintage Cherry Brand bead!

17mm. Oh, the beauty of Japanese Cherry Brand beads! These remind me of Japanese lanterns. A beautiful woven pattern and because they are hollow, very lightweight too!

6 x 6mm. Made in Japan. Vintage glass cube beads with an off-white back ground, and a marbling of terra cotta. Each bead is unique in it’s coloring and some vary ever so slightly in size.

4mm rounds. Made in Japan. These vintage, glass, 4mm rounds make a great staple for any beader’s collection. Use them as a spacer bead, or to increase the beauty of any design. The opaque centers further enhance the warm colorful glow of these beads. Gotta love em!

4mm rounds. Made in Japan. These vintage, glass, 4mm rounds make a great staple for any beader’s collection. Use them as a spacer bead, or to increase the beauty of any design. The opaque centers further enhance the warm colorful glow of these beads. Gotta love em!

13 x 23mm. Handmade in Japan, these yellow glass spirals are a combination of transparent and opaque swirls. Each one is unique in its own special way.

21-26mm in height, 27-31mm in diameter. Handmade, each one of these delicate porcelain flowers is unique in size and coloring. They were made in Japan and each one has a center hole through the flower and the stem. We believe that they were made to be used as a finial, perhaps on a lamp. You could use them as end beads on a necklace or incorporate them into most any design. Just use your imagination!

6.6-7mm round. These grand beads are from old Cherry Brand stock & Made in Japan. The swirl of black all around the beads gives them wonderful detail and character that ya just don’t see on common round glass beads!

7.5-8mm round. These grand beads are from old Cherry Brand stock & Made in Japan. The swirl of opaque yellow all around and throughout the transparent yellow glassof these beads gives them wonderful detail and character that ya just don’t see on common round glass beads!

11mm bead. Made in Japan, these unusually patterned glass beads are from the 1930’s . They are marbled with shades of yellow, red and white. A must have!!!

4mm round. These are very old! We uncovered these cuties amongst other Haskell overstock items. You will love the brilliant color and small size.

7mm. Stunning. They don’t make um like this anymore. Rare bright and electric color with a bit of a swirled deeper color. Unusual!