About the Item

A beautiful bracelet featuring rare antique faceted Russian blue trade beads made in the 1800's with sterling silver accents and clasp. Bracelet adjusts from 6 1/2 to 8 inches.

Complimenting earrings: http://www.etsy.com/listing/36771707/antique-trade-bead-necklace-and-earrings

Complimenting necklace: http://www.etsy.com/listing/52833720/antique-faceted-russian-blue-trade-bead


Antique Trade Beads:

Beads have been used as a buying commodity for centuries throughout the world. Beads were first brought to Alaska by Russian traders during the early 1800's. Beads found their way to the upper Yukon River region in the later part of the 1800's through the Hudson Company and American fur traders as well as gold miners, during the 40 Mile and Klondike gold rushes. The local Han and Gwich'in natives, along the upper Yukon, highly prized trade beads and acquired them from traders and miners as payment for meat, furs and guiding. Treasure a piece of wearable history!


A little more information about faceted beads:

Antique faceted beads are among some of the most beautiful antique beads, the time and care that was taken on each bead is phenomenal. Most faceted beads have anywhere between 7 and 30 facets.
The faceted beads were shaped into six-, seven-, or eight-sided tube before being drawn. After the tubes were cut to bead size, the ends of the ridge between the adjacent sides were ground down by hand. The result is a usually a high quality bead with eighteen, twenty-one, or twenty-four facets or more. Some deviations resulted in more or less facets, the beads with fewer facets were of less value.

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