"One earring" by Sammie Pullen 10/04. 

Antique French metal beads, 20/0 seed beads & cut rubies -

Antique French metal  beads: Last produced early 1900's. Most are very tiny, but they have big holes.   They make beautiful jewelry.  I  use them in bead embroidery & Peyote stitch. Take a look at the beaded earrings on our Italian 16/0-22/0 page. The earrings & camels in the design are outlined with antique French metal beads.

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Metal mix8: These beads are predominantly a very pretty penny copper color, with some olive greens mixed in. We estimate there are approximately 75% copper, 20% brass, and 5 % olive. Many of the beads are faceted. Historically one of the most difficult colors for us to present in an image is copper  These are a lovely copper color.

Metal mix9:  Size 22/0 faceted red !! This is a rare find. The majority of the beads in this bead mix are 22/0 reds.  We estimate that 85% are the reds, 10% brass, and 5% steel. The steel and brass beads are size 20/0.    

Metal mix4:  This mix of 18/0 antique French metal beads may be perfect for bead restorers that might need a few beads of several colors. It includes steel, brass, copper and aluminum beads with the following colors: pink, gold, brass, silver, fuchsia, aqua, copper and green.  

Metal mix25:  This mix of beautiful tiny antique French metal beads has approximately 85% size 20/0 bright red beads; and approximately 15% size 19/0 brass and steel beads.  The red is much more vibrant than we can capture in the image.