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Your search for "Mercury Glass Beads" revealed the following:

Mercury Glass Beaded Garland (6')
Mercury Glass Beaded Garland (6') — $55
Mercury Glass Beaded Garland (8')
Mercury Glass Beaded Garland (8') — $35
Mercury Glass Beaded Garland (6')
Mercury Glass Beaded Garland (6') — $55
Multicolor Mercury Glass Garland
Multicolor Mercury Glass Garland — $75
Mercury Glazed Pitcher
Mercury Glazed Pitcher — $165
Novelty Mercury Dime Cufflinks
Novelty Mercury Dime Cufflinks — $95
Union Square Wall Thermometer
Union Square Wall Thermometer — $95
South African Lion
South African Lion — $58
Dappled "Mercury" Jug
Dappled "Mercury" Jug — $145
Edwardian "Portrait Pin"
Edwardian "Portrait Pin" — $45
Christmas Garland   Like their larger siblings, full-sized holiday glass ornaments, these mercury glass beads are mouth-blown into a mould, filled with metallic "silvering," and painted or colored to suit the designer's plan.  The little beads are blown in a rod—comprising many connected "cells."  After cooling, silvering (and, maybe coloring), the rods are cut-apart into individual beads.  Finally, they are strung together....
Golden Oldies In years past, Christmas trees were swagged with lengths of mercury glass beads—either multicolored or composed of one color.  The glass beads were created by the same process used to make any other glass Christmas ornaments: a heated glass rod would be blown into a metal mould.  In the case of the beads, the mould was long and skinny, creating...