Lot (15) antique Czech filigree spiral striped bicolor glass bangles hoops rings

Lot (15) antique Czech Bohemian handmade filigree spiral bicolor and bicolor striped glass bangles, hoops or earring elements. These are faceted and most with gold gilt. Made by hand by winding glass cane around a metal core before glass soldering the ends together and detailing. Two are split and if making jewelry, the mount needs to be around the split point. Several are warped.
Great for any jewelry design project, earring hoops, ribbon decoration, chain connectors, Christmas ornaments, home decor or napkin rings.
Northern Bohemia circa 1900-20's
Size: 40 - 67mm or 1.4 - 2.7 inches external diameter.. Glass width 2 - 3mm approx
Material: Glass
Condition: Two are split and several are warped
Quantity: 15

The Gablonzers (glass makers from the Gablonz region of Czechoslovakia) had already long established trade links with the Indians but between 1870 and 1880 they became aware that Indians used glass bangles exclusively for ornament. The early bangles were elaborately decorated, cut and enamelled but they soon realised the market did not require such sophisticated bangles. Production soon split into the making of "common bangles" which required no cutting and bangles with far more elaborate designs. Lampwork bangles, made from highly patterned canes, were first created around 1908. The making of these simplified after the first world war and the heated cane was simply wound around a metallic core and the ends later joined together by cottage workers.  Sybille Jargstorf describes the Czech bangle industry in the book - Heritage of Bohemia on page 126. These were found in their original packaging, marked Bernstein.