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  2. Preciosa (corporation) - Wikipedia

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    The development of jewelry and glass companies, which were established and prospered in North Bohemia at the turn of the 19th century, was interrupted by World War II. In 1945, the seven main crystal factories and 18 small firms in and around Jablonec nad Nisou merged, forming the Preciosa company, which was officially established on April 10 ...

  3. Trade beads - Wikipedia

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    The beads were integrated in Native American jewelry using various beadwork techniques. Trade beads were also used by early Europeans to purchase African resources, [2] including slaves in the African slave trade. Aggry beads are a particular type of decorated glass bead from Ghana. The practice continued until the early twentieth century.

  4. Bohemian glass - Wikipedia

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    One of the glass items for which the Czech nation is still well known is the production of "druk" beads. Druks are small (3mm-18mm) round glass beads with small threading holes produced in a wide variety of colors and finishes and used mainly as spacers among beaded jewellery makers. [6]

  5. Crystalex - Wikipedia

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    Crystalex is the largest Czech producer and the world's leading manufacturer of drinking glasses. The company own prestigious trademark Bohemia Crystal. The main production plant is in Nový Bor, the second is in Karolinka. Original Karolinka plant was built in the 19th century, when the greatest development of glass production took place.

  6. Glass bead making - Wikipedia

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    Lampworked dichroic glass bead showing thin film application Furnace glass beads. A variant of the wound glass bead making technique, and a labor-intensive one, is what is traditionally called lampworking. In the Venetian industry, where very large quantities of beads were produced in the 19th century for the African trade, the core of a ...

  7. Bead - Wikipedia

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    A selection of glass beads Merovingian bead Trade beads, 18th century Trade beads, 18th century. A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or pearl and with a small hole for threading or stringing.

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