Here's a cute vintage baby hat. White silk is embroidered with silver lined bugle beads and a selection of mercury beads (silver-lined hollow glass beads): small round and round flat.
Round flat mercury bead in the middle of the pattern surrounded by smaller mercury beads and silver lined bugle beads (oxidized). Photo from eBay |
Seller of this baby hat assumes it's from 1930-50s. Photo from eBay. |
These are the beads I have. Same shape, with a slight pressing mark running across the center and beads have little "neck" around the holes where the beads were cut off. |
Siin on üks armas beebi müts. Valge siid on tikitud hõbetatud pulgakujuliste helmeste ja kahes suuruses "mercury beads" (õõnsad klaashelmed) tüüpi helmestega.