{"product_id":"10sv247-4-antique-venetian-10-0-seed-bead-transparent-red-4-10-grams","title":"10SV247-4: Antique Venetian 10\/0 Seed Bead Transparent Red #4 - 10 Grams","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTransparent Red #4 — Antique SVC Venetian Seed Beads, 10\/0\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deep transparent never looks in the piece the way it looks in the hand. \u003cstrong\u003eHeld to the light a single bead is a clear, warm ruby red; poured into a filled area the same beads read much darker, closer to a brown-edged brick.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is the colour compounding as light crosses several walls of glass instead of one, and it catches people out more often than any hue disagreement does. Decide which of the two states your reference material is showing you before you commit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy transparency is match-critical here.\u003c\/strong\u003e Intensity depends on wall thickness and on how tightly you set the beads, so the same tube can serve as a mid red in an open airy stitch and as a near-black red in a dense one. Light keeps flashing colour at the edges and through the perforations even where the mass has gone dark, which is the look a restoration buyer is usually chasing — an opaque red of the same hue goes flat instead and will read as wrong in the finished piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLot character.\u003c\/strong\u003e Colour depth varies bead to bead across stock of this age; some run lighter and more orange-leaning, others darker and cooler, and both belong to the lot. Dark specks in the perforations are normal here, kiln and annealing debris from period production, and transparent glass hides nothing. Uncirculated warehouse stock of this age also carries the occasional off-colour bead, so order enough to sort from and plan a pre-sort for count-critical or uniform-face work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizing and threading.\u003c\/strong\u003e SVC 10\/0 measures 2.40–2.70mm across with holes in the 0.70–0.80mm range, giving roughly 13–15 beads to a strung inch. Use a size 10–12 needle with 0.10–0.18mm thread — KO, One-G or Nymo B\/D all sit comfortably. Antique holes are undocumented and vary lot to lot, and SVC sizes overlap more than modern ones do, so caliper measurement beats the card notation and a test-thread beats both. Strung counts for antique lots are estimates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the workhorse red for period beadwork repair, where a transparent has to be replaced with a transparent and the era of the glass carries as much weight as the hue. We do not expect to source this colorway again. Browse our full SVC reds inventory to compare against your reference material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncirculated old stock, never strung for trade. Small lot, finite old stock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRAIRIE EDGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54062749024451,"sku":"10SV247-4","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/7397\/5491\/files\/10SV247-4.jpg?v=1785990110","url":"https:\/\/www.shipwreckbeads.com\/products\/10sv247-4-antique-venetian-10-0-seed-bead-transparent-red-4-10-grams","provider":"Shipwreck Beads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}