{"product_id":"10sv806-1-antique-venetian-10-0-seed-bead-metallic-gun-metal-1-10-grams","title":"10SV806-1: Antique Venetian 10\/0 Seed Bead Metallic Gun Metal #1 - 10 Grams","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAntique SVC Venetian Metallic 10\/0 Seed Beads — Gun Metal #1\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenuine Venetian 10\/0 seed beads from old Società Veneziana Conterie warehouse stock, in Gun Metal #1. This is a dark silvery pewter-gray with a true metallic surface — the color of aged steel or tarnished silver, carrying a soft industrial luster that runs across the whole mass of beads. It sits firmly in the gray family: cooler and harder than the browns, without the brightness of a polished silver finish.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe metallic treatment is a surface layer over glass, and its character shifts subtly bead to bead. Some carry a bright, almost mirror-like reflectivity; others read darker and more oxidized, with a few taking on a faint warm bronze cast where the finish has aged. That range is native to the production method, and in massed beadwork it produces a lively, hammered-metal texture that uniform modern plating cannot imitate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor restoration and traditional beadwork this colorway fills a genuinely useful niche. Its dark steel-gray read sits naturally beside antique cut-steel and metal-bead work, delivering the visual weight of metal at glass-bead scale, and it grounds the brighter colorways in the SVC palette without competing with them. Browse our full SVC metallic and gray selection to compare against your reference piece.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare note:\u003c\/strong\u003e metallic surface finishes are less durable than the glass beneath them. Prolonged friction, skin oils, abrasives, and household chemicals can wear or dull the treatment over time. Wipe clean only, and handle as you would any coated antique bead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizing and sorting note:\u003c\/strong\u003e The original acquisition card designates this lot 10\/0. A small number of elongated tube-shaped beads are mixed in among the rounds — original to the lot as it came from the warehouse, not added. Antique beads are measured from original stock and sizing is approximate; dimensions may vary between lots. We recommend pre-sorting before count-critical work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRAIRIE EDGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54061782073539,"sku":"10SV806-1","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/7397\/5491\/files\/10SV806-1.jpg?v=1785990110","url":"https:\/\/www.shipwreckbeads.com\/products\/10sv806-1-antique-venetian-10-0-seed-bead-metallic-gun-metal-1-10-grams","provider":"Shipwreck Beads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}