Sunday, February 6, 2011

Murano Millefiori Balloon Earrings & Czech Glass Skull Bead Earrings

BALLOON EARRINGS
These are like Itty Bitty Bright Colored Balloons with Little Tiny Silver Gondolas - these will lift your spirits and ease your mind with their Brilliant Buoyancy! The beads are Antique/Vintage Murano Millefiori Glass, the wire is Solid Sterling Silver 20 G and the Tiny Coin is a set of US Trimes. A Trime is a three cent US silver piece minted from 1851 to 1873 - these are the smallest silver coins ever minted in the US :)

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STEAMPUNK BRITISH PENNIES EARRINGS
These are Czech Glass Skull Beads in Black with Gold Accent's, the Wire is Pure Sterling Silver in 20G - the coins are British Half Pee: Matthew Boulton & James Watt Steam Engine Powered Coin Presses Pressed SOHO Minted Half Pennies 1806 and 1807. Matthew Boulton was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines, which were a great advance on the state of the art, making possible the mechanisation of factories and mills. Boulton applied modern techniques to the minting of coins, striking millions of pieces for Britain and other countries, and supplying the Royal Mint with up-to-date equipment.



NICKLE PUNK SKULL BEAD EARS
These are Black Czech Skull Beads in Black, Sterling Silver Filled Copper Wire in 22 G, US Nickels from 1903, and Millefiori Beads


NICKLE PUNK SKULL BEAD EARS
These are Black Czech Skull Beads in Black, Sterling Silver Filled Copper Wire in 22 G, US Nickels from 1905, and Millefiori Beads



NICKLE PRETTY BEAD EARS
These are Black Czech Skull Beads in Black, Sterling Silver Filled Copper Wire in 22 G, US Nickels from 1908, and Millefiori Beads




NICKLE PUNK SKULL BEAD EARS
Sterling Silver Filled Copper Wire in 22 G, US Nickels from 1902, and Millefiori BeadS



"THE RMS TITANIC 1912"
PRETTY EARS
These are Cane Glass Beads, Sterling Silver Filled Copper Wire in 22 G, US Nickels from 1912, and Millefiori Beads. New Mexico and Arizona are admitted as the 47th and 48th state during this year. Also, the RMS Titanic sank during this year.





NICKLE PUNK SKULL BEAD EARS
"THE HEAVISIDE LAYER 1902"
These are Black Czech Skull Beads in Black, Sterling Silver Filled Copper Wire in 22 G, US Nickels from 1903, and Millefiori Beads





THE CLOUD CHAMBER 1911 
PRETTY U.S. NICKLE EARS
These are Black Czech Skull Beads in Black, Sterling Silver Filled Copper Wire in 22 G, US Nickels from 1903, and Millefiori Beads





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