Vintage 'Cherry' Lucite

Cherry red is everywhere these days & it’s turning out to be a fashion trend that we’re seeing carried into the Fall season. Lucite & plastics in primary red are in keeping with the retro chic side of this look. The crisp, lipstick colors relive the era of pinup girls and Lucille Ball. These selections are vintage US-made Lucite rounds by Best Plastics of Providence Rhode Island, and were part of the buy that most of our Lucite hails from – the contents of a manufacturer’s warehouse that had closed down in the early 80’s and produced goods for Avon, Trifari, Coro and others. The soft plastic flowers are also vintage, ca. 1960’s and were made in Hong Kong. This softer plastic, while not of the same heavy material as the Lucite, also brings back a real flavor of yesteryear. Plastic fruits are to die for and were made in German ca. 1970’s

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Vintage 'Cherry' Czech Glass 

From our recent glass finding mission, we tracked down a load of glass made in Czechoslovakia, before the wall came down and things were labeled ‘Czech Republic’. Most of these are early 1980’s (OK – I know, I’m feeling vintage myself now that I’ve been doing this long enough to absorb the fact that we’re calling early 80’s era ‘vintage’ – but we’re using the 25 year standard as we always have – back to task…) Here you’ll find some great cherry red options: from the ‘eye’ beads made 25-30 years ago, to the manrbled cherry red and white square nailheads produced around the turn of the century for garments (that is, the LAST turn of the century).

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Vintage 'Cherry' Lucite Cabs

Vintage Lucite cabs are my new passion – you can glue them to almost anything and find creative ways to use them with beadwork, even though they don’t offer a hole. These selections in cherry red make great retro looks when made into rings using adhesive on our vintage metal ring blanks. Or affix them to an earring finding for a quick retro ‘clip-on’ style look. These pieces are from the Best Plastics warehouse purchase as well making them exclusive to us here at The Beadin’ Path & in limited supply. Produced in Rhode Island sometime between the 1960’s – early 1980’s.

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Vintage 'Cherry' Czech Glass Floral Strands

Tagged & collectible, these pressed glass floral strands come in a couple of varying sculptured floral styles. It’s so rare to find beads with this age that actually include tags on the individual strands. Mostly likely manufactured and pre-strung to be finished into necklaces as is, these strands make a precious addition to any vintage bead stash. Tags read “Made in Czechoslovakia” & our best estimations say they were made in the 1940’s or 1950’s. 14” strands are ready to go if you just add a chain connector to one side of your clasp or a few matching cherry beads.

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