{"product_id":"11sv8012-3-antique-venetian-11-0-seed-bead-greasy-white-3-10-grams","title":"11SV8012-3: Antique Venetian 11\/0 Seed Bead Greasy White #3 - 10 Grams","description":"\u003ch3\u003eGreasy White #3 — Antique SVC Venetian Seed Beads, 11\/0\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead this before you order if you are matching a white: \u003cstrong\u003ethese are not opaque.\u003c\/strong\u003e Greasy glass is semi-translucent, so light enters each bead and diffuses inside it rather than stopping at the surface. Against an opaque chalk white they look softer and slightly grey; in mass they read as a cool, milky, faintly blue-leaning white rather than a flat one. If your reference piece used an opaque white, this is the wrong material no matter how well the hue agrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat greasy means, and why it is match-critical.\u003c\/strong\u003e Greasy is a property of the glass formula itself, not a coating — which is why it cannot wear off, and why no modern bead reproduces it convincingly. The degree of translucency varies bead to bead: some read nearly opaque, others are clearly glassy, and both are authentically greasy. Set beside opaline, which carries a pearlescent sheen at the surface, greasy is the quieter of the two — the glow is internal, with no shell-like cast on top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLot character.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark specks in the perforations are normal for this stock — kiln and annealing debris from period production rather than anything introduced since. Because the glass is semi-translucent they show more readily than they would in an opaque bead. For count-critical or uniform-face work, plan on a pre-sort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizing and threading.\u003c\/strong\u003e SVC 11\/0 runs 2.20–2.50mm with a hole in the 0.60–0.70mm range, roughly 15–16 beads to a strung inch. A size 10–12 needle with 0.10–0.18mm thread suits it. Antique holes are undocumented and vary lot to lot, and SVC sizes overlap more than modern ones do — test-thread a sample before anything count-critical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUncirculated old stock, never strung for trade. Small lot, finite old stock. Browse our full SVC whites and neutrals inventory to compare against your reference material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRAIRIE EDGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54062748991683,"sku":"11SV8012-3","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/7397\/5491\/files\/11SV8012-3.jpg?v=1785990110","url":"https:\/\/www.shipwreckbeads.com\/products\/11sv8012-3-antique-venetian-11-0-seed-bead-greasy-white-3-10-grams","provider":"Shipwreck Beads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}