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Czech Firepolish Window Tablets

These handsome tablets have smooth beveled edges and the main surface is a polished glossy "window" into the bead. A nice variety of shapes and sizes and colours. These flat beads are very comfy to wear in a bracelet, make excellent earrings, and of course, necklaces too.

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Window Beads - 10 mm Beveled Disk - Mossy Satin Opal (strand 25)
Polished tablet with matte, beveled edges. 10mm (strand 25)
Price: $ 6.40
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Rosaline (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.50
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Rose Cloud (1)
Flat oval, with matt beveled edge. 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.62
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Siam Ruby (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.50
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Smokey Topaz (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.50
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Topaz (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.50
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Tortishell (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.75
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Olivine (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.50
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Cobalt (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.50
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Montana (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.50
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Light Amethyst (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.50
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Window Beads - 12 x 14 mm Beveled Oval - Black Diamond (1)
Very handsome - wide matte beveled edges contrast with glossy "windows." 12mm x 14mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.50
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Window Beads - 16 x 17 mm Beveled Oval - Green Silk Tortishell (1)
Flat oval, with beveled edge. 16mm x 17mm x 7mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.97
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Window Beads - 8 x 12 mm Beveled Rectangle - Dark Amethyst (5)
Flat rectangle, with matt beveled edge. Much more cranberry coloured than the picture indicates. 8mm x 12mm By the pack of 5.
Price: $ 1.30
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Window Beads - 8 x 20 mm Flat Pointed Oval - Strawberry Sherbert Ripple (1)
Elegant tapered shape, flat sides. 8mm x 20mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.65
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Window Beads - 8 x 20 mm Flat Pointed Oval - Smoked Amber (1)
Polished flat sides, matt edges. 8mm x 20mm x 4mm Hole size is approx. 20 ga - takes up to heavy softflex. By the each.
Price: $ 0.75
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Window Beads - 8 x 20 mm Flat Pointed Oval - Aqua Ripple Cloud (1)
Elegant tapered shape, flat sides. 8mm x 20mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.60
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Window Beads - 8 x 20 mm Flat Pointed Oval - Jet/Bronze (1)
Very classy. Jet with bronzed edges. Elegant tapered shape, flat sides. 8mm x 20mm By the each.
Price: $ 0.60
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Window Beads - 12 x 18 mm Flat Rectangle - Tabla Aqua (10)
Quite a bit larger than the rest of the window tablets - an aqueaous transparent blue green with some pits and surface marks - all intentional. Very cool, very ancient looking! Flat tablets - made with a coloured surface that is then cut away to reveal the inner colour - leaving the outer colour just visible in places - in these beads, on the sides. Beautifully polished - Flat beads like these are so comfy in bracelets! Glass - but with the look of stone. 12mm x 18mm x 5mm Hole is lengthwise. By the pack of 10.
Price: $ 13.15
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Window Beads - 8 x 12 mm Flat Rectangle - El Paso (15)
If you hold these up to the light, they are a dark amber colour, but layers of green and turquoise have been laid down on top, and buffed away to show the transparent colour beneath! Very cool! Flat tablets - made with a coloured surface that is then cut away to reveal the inner colour - leaving the outer colour just visible in places - in these beads, on the sides. Beautifully polished - Flat beads like these are so comfy in bracelets! Glass - but with the look of stone. 8mm x 12mm x 4mm By the pack of 15.
Price: $ 5.95
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Window Beads - 8 x 12 mm Flat Rectangle - Oceans Alive (Strand 15)
Streaky blues and greens on a foamy white background. Denser than Ocean Foam 8mm x 12mm x 4mm (Strand 15)
Price: $ 6.50
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Window Beads - 11 x 10 mm Flat Square - Aunt Agate-ah (Strand 15)
Stratified honey blonde streaked with white - sandy sides - all highly polished! Flat tablets - made with a coloured surface that is then cut away to reveal the inner colour - leaving the outer colour just visible in places - in these beads, on the sides. 11mm x 10mm x 3.5mm (Strand 15)
Price: $ 5.95
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Window Beads - 11 x 10 mm Flat Square - Desert Dessert (Strand 15)
A positively yummy combo - transparent blue green jelly with swirls of cream and coffee - all highly polished! Flat tablets - made with a coloured surface that is then cut away to reveal the inner colour - leaving the outer colour just visible in places - in these beads, on the sides. 11mm x 10mm x 3.5mm (Strand 15)
Price: $ 5.95
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Window Beads - 11 x 10 mm Flat Square - Pea Green (15)
Flat tablets - made with a coloured surface that is then cut away to reveal the inner colour - leaving the outer colour just visible in places - in these beads, on the sides. Beautifully polished - Flat beads like these are so comfy in bracelets! 11mm x 10mm x 3.5mm By the pack of 15.
Price: $ 7.45
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s16413 New Item!
Window Beads - 11 x 10 mm Flat Square - Turkoman Tiles (Strand 15)
Rippled, rich green turquoise, matte sandy edges. Flat tablets - made with a coloured surface that is then cut away to reveal the inner colour - leaving the outer colour just visible in places - in these beads, on the sides. 11mm x 10mm x 3.5mm (Strand 15)
Price: $ 7.45
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Window Beads - 11 x 10 mm Flat Square - Heavy Surf (Strand 15)
Darker aqua and mossy green and streaks of white swirl - like the roiled up surf after a big storm - when the big waves still thunder up the beach - but you stand and watch, reveling in the power of the water and glad that the big tree missed the house. Flat tablets - made with a coloured surface that is then cut away to reveal the inner colour - leaving the outer colour just visible in places - in these beads, on the sides. 11mm x 10mm x 3.5mm (Strand 15)
Price: $ 5.95
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Window Beads - 11 x 10 mm Flat Square - Waterworld (Strand 15)
Aqua over white clouds - hints of greenish brown on the edges. These have a high, wet-look polish - instead of the edges being matte. Flat tablets - made with a coloured surface that is then cut away to reveal the inner colour - leaving the outer colour just visible in places - in these beads, on the sides. 11mm x 10mm x 3.5mm (Strand 15)
Price: $ 5.95
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Window Beads - 11 x 10 mm Flat Square - Ocean Foam (Strand 15)
Streaky blues and greens on a foamy white background. Semi-matte. The white glass has less polish than the harder blue and green. 11mm x 10mm x 3.5mm (Strand 15)
Price: $ 6.50
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Window Beads - 11 x 10 mm Flat Square - The View from Space (Strand 15)
Like looking down on our little blue-green home from space - swirls of green and brown over rich blue try to resolve themselves into land masses before your very eyes! Flat tablets - made with a coloured surface that is then cut away to reveal the inner colour - leaving the outer colour just visible in places - in these beads, on the sides. 11mm x 10mm x 3.5mm (Strand 15)
Price: $ 5.95
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