Hey guys need help on this bead I found

[Kaleb71386]

Not sure if it's a trade bead or not any help??

 

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[rock]

Nice color maybe give a little info on it as to where it was found and something for size. Im sure somebody will know.

 

[larson1951]

well kaleb
i like it and it sure resembles some of the very few trade beads i have

but i am not an authority on trade beads so maybe we can generate a bit more of responses

 

[GatorBoy]

The fact that it's painted makes me think it's not.
I found one very similar in shape but its solid glass.

 

[monsterrack]

It looks old but I don't think it is a fur era or contact period bead, from all that I know on trade beads and I have a lot of them and like Gator said they were made of glass and made by hand on wire . I have never heard of or seen a painted bead and it looks to be made of some type of pottery clay. It's still a cool find.HH

 

[quito]

Looks like it could be a caliche deposit to me.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Is the white area paint or some type of oxidation?

 

[old digger]

Without a hands on feel of your bead it is a little difficult to pinpoint your type of bead, but it has characteristics of ''Venice'' made. The only question I have is if it feels somewhat chalky? It looks very much similar to a ''Dabua"bead, except for the blue coloring which may have been applied later on.

 

[Kaleb71386]

It's glass I think the white is from the soil I say that cuz it has a chip at one end the white is in the chipped part it's smooth like glass when it's wet the chipped part shines down in the hole it's blue not white. I found it under a house that was built in the 1880s it was 8 in or more in depth

one picture when wet the other is dry

 

[Kaleb71386]

Now the white would clean off very easy should I clean it or leave it? Cuz if it was paint it wouldn't be in the chipped part

 

[old digger]

No need to be defensive, It am just trying to help you identify your bead. Without hands on viewing it is difficult to access the type.

 

[GatorBoy]

I wasn't thinking the White was paint I was thinking the blue was paint.
Maybe not I don't know.. I'm probably not going to be much positive help because it doesn't look like glass to me.

 

[Kaleb71386]

I wasn't being defensive. Just trying to describe it better to you guys I'm sorry but I didn't come off that way I like the help and it's much appreciated.

 

[Kaleb71386]

Check out my other finds from when I was a kid found them in the river and a creek

 

[Kaleb71386]

I wasn't thinking the White was paint I was thinking the blue was paint.
Maybe not I don't know.. I'm probably not going to be much positive help because it doesn't look like glass to me.

It's all good gator.. It's hard to tell in the picture that it's glass and not painted blue

 

[GatorBoy]

Here are some beads I have found.
The "Russian blue" and the black one that appears to be a Lewis and Clark style we're both found at the same site along with triangle arrowheads.
The light colored one is clay and was found on an early 19th century site along with early US military artifacts

 

[monsterrack]

It is unreal the way a photo will make a item look the first photos looked like it was a clay bead but now it looks like a hand wound glass bead, from the late 1800 but I don't think it is old enough to be fur trade era JMO. It's still a cool find

 

[Kaleb71386]

Very true picture don't even show it any justice..