One pair of vintage Japanese MILLEFIORI
& BRIGHT ORANGE
VINTAGE GLASS TORPEDO DROPS BEADS EARRINGS -
NEW gold-plated French hooks, ball fish hooks,kidney wires,
leverbacks, ball studs, clips or screw-backs - you choose
similar to photos 1 - 8 above (14 Feb 2023 currently under
construction - photos to be updated a.s.a.p.!)
Now £22.75 + £3.35 p&p
This is a lush pair of collectable beaded earrings to wear with your vintage outfits on holiday, Halloween parties, or to cheer yourself up with during the colder months of winter. Smooth, bright tangerine orange, Japanese hand-made 8.0 mm pumpkin/round 'Millefiori' beads have various glass cane pieces melted within them in a random fashion to represent flowers, an old technique originating in Murano, Italy which migrated overseas to countries such as Japan earlier last century. The lower rich bright orange glass torpedo drops are USA-imports and coveted by jewellers, could be ex-Miriam Haskell components, probably hand-made also in Japan as each one is unique in dimensions, used here to wobble about freely upon movement of the wearer. New gold-plated French hooks may be exchanged for clips or screw-backs for non-pierced ears, kidney wires that self-lock in either plain or orange prong-set lucite cabochon, or other styles of ear fitting so feel free to send us a request for leverbacks in plain, large or smaller shell, flower design etc. as you see in the photos. (The invoice may be adjusted upwards should you wish to upgrade to 14K GF gold-filled options - send BoffinBeads a message if you do). Length with these particular gold-plated hooks 59-60 mm or just over 2.25" to give you an idea. Weight each earring: 2.3 - 2.5 grams each which is light to medium in earring weight terms. These beads are no longer manufactured quite the same and are considered collectable - limited editions therefore. (Available also in .925 silver ear fittings as per photo 9 @ £24.75). Photo 10 shows earrings with cute clear baby skulls glass beads with vintage coral twigs and real turquoise nuggets from USA, wonderful talking-points for dinner parties and at the office, restaurant, club etc. see our separate Ebay listing for these little darlings! Photo 11 is a pair of faux coral glass 'pinched' and 'mottled' glass beads earrings also in our separate Ebay listing.
(Background in a couple of the photos courtesy page 269 of ART ART OF JAPAN by J. Edward Kidder Jr. - detail of a painted sliding door by Hasegawa Tohaku 1599 in Rinkain, Kyoto, Japan).
Buy-It-Now £22.75 for one gold-plated pair + £3.35 U.K. postage, Europe Internationally Signed For £9.75 and rest of world further afield £19.75, lovely orange beads will be wrapped within tissue paper and put inside a new cardboard gift box for protection along with one of our customary FREE little lavender bags from our very own garden to delight your olfactory senses upon opening your jiffy bag. We always try to use recycled outer shock-absorbing materials as we disagree with unnecessary rubbish for the environment. Combined postage guaranteed on multiple purchases of everything we have for sale on Ebay so do take a look at other vintage beaded earrings too whilst you're about. We have 100% positive Ebay feedback and from a pet-free, smoke-free home.
Have a nice day!