{"product_id":"10sv8392-4-antique-venetian-10-0-seed-bead-opaline-luster-carnation-pink-4-10-grams","title":"10SV8392-4: Antique Venetian 10\/0 Seed Bead Opaline Luster Carnation Pink #4 - 10 Grams","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOpaline Luster Carnation Pink #4 — Antique SVC Venetian Seed Beads, 10\/0\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarnation sets an expectation this glass does not meet, so deal with that first. \u003cstrong\u003eThis is a very pale blush with a cream cast, not the saturated pink that carnation suggests.\u003c\/strong\u003e In mass it reads almost as a warm off-white carrying a pink undertone, and the pink only asserts itself when the beads sit against a true white or a cool grey. If your reference piece needs a pink that announces itself at arm's length, this is the wrong material however well the undertone agrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpaline and luster are doing two different jobs.\u003c\/strong\u003e The body glass is opaline — translucent rather than transparent, with a pearlescent, nacre-like sheen that lives at the surface rather than diffusing inside the bead the way greasy glass does. Over that sits a luster coating, which adds a second layer of shimmer and skipped the cut, so the perforations read distinctly warmer, in the peach-to-apricot range. At this size that hole colour is visible in a filled area: soft blush shot through with warm rings, not flat pink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLot character.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cast varies across uncirculated stock of this age — some beads sit creamier and warmer, others cooler and closer to white, and the surface sheen runs stronger on some than on others. Dark specks in the perforations are normal for this stock, kiln and annealing debris from period production, and they show more readily against pale glass than they would in a dark bead. Pre-sort for uniform-face or colour-critical 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, worked with a size 10–12 needle and 0.10–0.18mm thread such as KO, One-G or Nymo B\/D. Antique holes are undocumented and vary lot to lot, and SVC sizes overlap more than modern ones do — caliper the beads rather than trusting the card notation, and test-thread a sample first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor restoration this is the pale pink that period bridal and mourning-adjacent beadwork actually used, where a modern opaque pink substitution reads immediately as new. We do not expect to source this colorway again. Browse our full SVC pinks 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":54062749778115,"sku":"10SV8392-4","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/7397\/5491\/files\/10SV8392-4.jpg?v=1785990110","url":"https:\/\/www.shipwreckbeads.com\/products\/10sv8392-4-antique-venetian-10-0-seed-bead-opaline-luster-carnation-pink-4-10-grams","provider":"Shipwreck Beads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}