Indian modern glass single beads from ATB

Indian Modern Glass Beads
One of the earliest of all commercial bead producing nations .. Indian modern beads continue to be found all over the world .. an amalgamation of styles, shapes, patterns and colours of most types of bead in existence since ancient times.
Colourful, sometimes garish, but interesting .. the beads on the following pages are some of the samples we have collected on our journeys in West Africa.
Offered both for sale and as reference pictures for collectors to be able to compare them against the antique and ancient beads, of which most are aimed at emulating.
Increasingly better quality manufacturing and finishing is becoming very apparent.

March 2007 - Latest styles imported into Dakar in Sénégal and re-sold all over West Africa These "Feather beads" lack a highly polished finish but display vivid colours when backlit @ £3 each

29 x 14 mm ins 218-01	28 x 13 mm ins 218-02	27 x 13 mm ins 218-03	27 x 13 mm ins 218-04	27 x 14 mm ins 218-05	26 x 11 mm ins 218-06

28 x 13 mm ins 218-07	24 x 12 mm ins 218-08	27 x 12 mm ins 218-09	27 x 13 mm ins 218-10	27 x 12 mm ins 218-11	29 x 12 mm ins 218-12
Various high gloss finish barrel shapes with an assortment of patterns @ £3 each

23 x 20 mm ins 218-13	22 x 19 mm ins 218-14	22 x 17 mm ins 218-15	24 x 17 mm ins 218-16 Sold	26 x 18 mm ins 218-17 Sold	25 x 16 mm ins 218-18

23 x 16 mm ins 218-19 Sold	24 x 14 mm ins 218-20	20 x 17 mm ins 218-21	20 x 16 mm ins 218-22	20 x 15 mm ins 218-23	20 x 15 mm ins 218-24


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Millefiore rounded plaques

22 x 23 x 12 mm	22 x 23 x 12 mm	21 x 22 x 11 mm	21 x 22 x 11 mm	19 x 21 x 10 mm
Millefiore ovals

24 x 15 mm	24 x 15 mm	24 x 15 mm	22 x 14 mm	23 x 13 mm
Bicone "King bead" barrels and spheres

19x22 spherical	17 x 21 mm	16 x 19 mm	17 x 20 mm	15 x 19 mm

Eye beads with raised decoration - found in Burkina Faso

14 x 12 mm	11 x 14 mm	13 x 14 mm	12 x 15 mm	12 x 15 mm	12 x 15 mm

Millefiore bicone barrels from the 1980's

21 x 20 mm	21 x 20 mm	22 x 20 mm	21 x 20 mm	21 x 21 mm	20 x 20 mm

Key: Measurements in mm ( width across hole x diameter ) ** = with aventurine
Shape: b = barrel bic = bicone cyl = cylinder c = small chip e = early production
e = ellipsoid sp = spherical ta = tabular V = variable pattern style

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