Beautiful pair of earrings professionally handmade by Dolly Decades herself
They have been made using vintage glass beads taken from a broken 1950s necklace
This technique is known as 'upcycling' - ie repurposing something old into something new. These beads are far too lovely to be retired just yet! I am selling some other Upcycled earrings.
The bronze coloured kidney shaped ear hooks and head pins linking the beads together are all brand new and unworn. It is just the beads that are very old and pre-used.
The vintage beads are called 'carnival glass' or 'peacock glass' due to way they give off a rainbow of delightful colours when they catch a certain light. Basically, they are jet black faceted glass with an aurora borealis coating. They look plain black in some light and then like a peacock's feathers in another.
The earrings were extremely difficult to photograpgh. They either look all black or all 'peacock'! In reality, they are a mixture as they twinkle and sway.
Each earring measures 6.5cm long
There beads are 8mm across and are in good condition - a few tiny tiny nibbles but nothing noticeable
Very unique and striking
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