{"product_id":"10sv342-1-antique-venetian-10-0-seed-bead-opaque-luster-strawberry-1-10-grams","title":"10SV342-1: Antique Venetian 10\/0 Seed Bead Opaque Luster Strawberry #1 - 10 Grams","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOpaque Luster Strawberry #1 — Antique SVC Venetian Seed Beads, 10\/0\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone ordering this expecting a fruit red will send it back. \u003cstrong\u003eStrawberry here is a chalky, dusty mauve-pink\u003c\/strong\u003e — a muted blush under a pearly sheen, with the perforations reading a far deeper red where the coating stopped short of the cut. That contrast does not sit quietly in the background: a filled area reads as soft pink pricked through with darker eyes rather than as one even pink. If you are matching a solid blush from a photograph, the hole colour is part of what you are buying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuster is a coating, not a glass formula.\u003c\/strong\u003e A thin pearlescent film sits on top of an opaque body, which is why the perforations read warmer and darker — the film never reached into the cut — and why the surface texture is faintly speckled rather than uniform. The body underneath transmits no light, so the sheen is the whole of the optical event. Set against a plain opaque pink of the same hue this looks alive at the surface; set against a modern pearl-coat pink it looks quieter and less even, because the period coating was never laid down to a uniform thickness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLot character.\u003c\/strong\u003e Coating strength varies bead to bead across the stock — some read frankly pearly, others closer to a soft gloss — and an aged coating carries a slightly milky cast that a fresh one does not. All of that is authentic to the finish rather than damage. Uncirculated warehouse stock of this age carries the occasional off-colour bead, so order enough to sort from if you need a clean single-colour field, and plan on a pre-sort for uniform-face work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizing and threading.\u003c\/strong\u003e SVC 10\/0 runs 2.40–2.70mm with a hole in the 0.70–0.80mm range, roughly 13–15 beads to a strung inch, and strung counts for antique lots are estimates. Use a size 10–12 needle with 0.10–0.18mm thread — KO, One-G, Nymo B or D. Antique holes are undocumented and vary lot to lot, and adjacent SVC sizes overlap more than modern ones do, so a caliper and a test-thread are worth the minute they cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor restoration work this is the harder finish to fake: substituting a flat opaque pink loses the surface movement, and substituting a modern luster loses the softness. We do not expect to source this colorway again. Browse our full SVC pinks and 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":54062749614275,"sku":"10SV342-1","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/7397\/5491\/files\/10SV342-1.jpg?v=1785990110","url":"https:\/\/www.shipwreckbeads.com\/products\/10sv342-1-antique-venetian-10-0-seed-bead-opaque-luster-strawberry-1-10-grams","provider":"Shipwreck Beads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}