While these would be worn as a prized vintage glass necklace, this lovely Czechoslovakian glass bead necklace (its original paper label is still intact!) has a unique history: they're actually Mardi Gras beads, thrown in a New Orleans parade sometime ca. 1920 - 30. A dealer friend of mine happened to purchase this piece, and one other I will have up for sale, during a visit to New Orleans the spring before Hurricane Katrina hit, from a vintage clothing shop that had "just a few" of ...click for details
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