Large Collections of ‘Vaseline’ Bicone Beads from ATB




	Large Collections of 'Vaseline' Bicone Beads from the mid 1800's to early 1900's.

Some beautiful matched examples of original 'Vaseline' beads .. their popular name probably deriving from the colour of the petroleum jelly or its bottle. Produced from the mid-1800s onwards, often with Uranium used as the colorant .. making these earlier beads fluoresce under ultraviolet light. Scientific tests have shown that this is in such small trace amounts that one would have to wear a necklace every day for very many years, to achieve the same radiation exposure as having an x-ray or taking a flight at 30,000 feet.
Unlike the flood of badly made copies found in profusion for sale everywhere, especially in
South Africa, these are genuine and display the lovely smooth patina of over 100 years of wear.

Scanning light coloured glass is always difficult as different thicknesses of glass show different shades of colour.
All the beads in these two strands below are the same shade.




	A rare find - this is a beautiful collection of early colour and shape matched, graduated, faceted yellow bicone Vaselines. Strand length 30 ins / 77 cm Beads from 7 x 11 to 13 x 15 mm Fac 284-02 £80




		Similarly rare - is this beautiful collection of smaller early colour and shape matched, graduated yellow bicones in lovely condition Strand length 34 ins / 87 cm Beads from 6 x 8 to 14 x 18 mm Fac 284 £90

Long strands of antique Vaseline beads in mixed colours
80 beads per strand

Item No.	Strand Length	Bead Sizes	Price
(1) ATB 284-07	32 ins / 82 cm	8 x 12 to 14 x 17 mm	£86
(2) ATB 284-08	30 ins / 77 cm	7 x 11 to 14 x 16 mm	£80
(3) ATB 284-09	32 ins / 82 cm	9 x 10 to 13 x 17 mm	£86


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