Czech Glass Flower Beads – Deep Blue Picasso Finish (14x5mm)

These are lovely things. Each bead is a five-petal carved flower in a rich deep blue, with a metallic Picasso wash over the surface that gives it that warm, slightly antiqued look you just can't get from a plain finish. They're table cut, so the top is flat and the detail is really crisp - you can see every petal clearly, which makes them work beautifully as a feature bead.

At 14mm across and 5mm thick, they sit nicely without being too heavy, so earrings are a natural home for them. A pair dangling from simple ear wires looks really striking. They'd also work well strung along a bracelet as repeating focal points, or dropped into a necklace between smaller spacer beads.

You receive four beads per pack. They're made by artisan glassworkers in the Czech Republic, and that level of craftsmanship really does show in the finish.