FOLKS I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THESE OLD BEADS FOR YEARS..........LARGER OLDER BEADS ARE GERMAN HAND BLOWN....THE LARGEST IS ABOUT 2 & 3/4" NECK TO NECK AND ABOUT 1 & 1/4" ACROSS...........ABOUT 8 FEET, 3 INCHES LONG...........SOME BROKEN NECKS AND SOME COLOR LOSS...........BUT STILL BEAUTIFUL AND BESIDE THE TINSEL GARLAND THIS IS THE TYPE YOU WANT ON A FEATHER TREE.............THERE IS A PRUPLE BEAD AND I SAID TO THE DEALER I DO NOT BELIEVE I HAVE SEEN A PURPLE BEAD BEFORE AND SHE SAID "NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE EITHER" AND SHE HAD ONE AND DID NOT EVEN KNOW IT............"THERE ARE STRIPES, RIDGES, BUMPY, INDENTS, SOME WITH PAINTED DESIGN, ROUND AND OVALS..............NEED I HAVE TO SAY TO BE CAREFUL OF SHARP POINTS?????????.............ALL GLASS GARLANDS HAVE SHARP POINTS.............EVEN THE ONES FROM THE 40S AND 50S..........THEY WERE POURED IN MOLDS AND JUST AS WE USED TO FILL THE OLD ICE CUBE TRAYS SOME GLASS RAN OVER AND WHEN THE BEAD WERE UNMOLDED IT LEFT SHARP POINTS..............THERE IS ALSO ANTOHER SHARP POINT I CAME ACROSS AND I WONDERED HOW IT GOT THERE...........I FOUND OUT THE ANSWER..........SOME OF THE BEADS STUCK TOGETHER AT THE NECK AND THE ONE WITH THE SHARP POINT TOOK OUT A PIECE AT THE NECK OF THE BEAD NEXT TO IT.............NOW YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT BEADS THAN YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW :)...........ALSO BE CAREFUL OF TRYING TO REMOVE WAX AND SNOW AS IT COULD REMOVE THE COLOR OF THE BEAD.........YOU WILL NOT NOTICE ALL THE DEFECTS OF THESE OLD GARLANDS WHEN ON THE TREE...........NONE OF THEM ARE PERFECT.............BUT THEY SURE LOOK PRETTY WHEN ON THE TREE........ YOU ALL MAKE SURE YOU GIVE MY GARLAND A GOOD HOME.....INSURANCE INCLUDED WITH SHIPPING.....THANKS FOR LOOKING AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ?S...PLEASE EMAIL ME........

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