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Somewhere perhaps in Persia (or perhaps the vaguer Turkestan !)
Alas it was on a link to this forum, (which I've mislaid and would love to relocate thanks)
that I read that they are Czech glass made for use (or export) to the Islamic market.
It's funny that something so exotic to us was actually exotic to its wearer, too!
Cheers Cam.
I found this thread - http://www.beadcollector.net/cgi-bin/anyboard.cgi?fvp=%2Fopenforum%...
but there was another not too long ago - just can't guess the right search criteria...
In Beads of the World page 67 " the Czechs found a large and ready market in the Islamic world and geared production to it. Crescents and star motifs were popular"...1900's
http://www.msb-jablonec.cz/en/
http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/tbmhilites&...
I have always been drawn to these necklaces with their beautiful colors and flashing dangles. So beautiful!