These beads and evidence of bead making from Hammersmith answer a major outstanding question in bead "research" -- proof of an early Modern bead industry in England.  Just as van der Sleen whittled away at the Venetian pile with his presentation of Dutch beads, these British beads are bound to reduce the Italian pile even more.  But have you ever wondered what "research" has really ever been conducted into the real nature of old (pre-1800, not sample card stuff) Venetian beads?  Aside from a few well-publicized fables gleaned long ago from a few old documents, the titles and authors of which are long forgotten, not much actually.  How much "digging" has been conducted in Venice?  They dredged the canals in Amsterdam, but have they dredged Murano?  Who has the archeo reports for Venice?  Who can read them?  Who has sifted the Medieval libraries and translated the old Italian and Latin texts that must certainly exist?  In short, what we know about old Venetian material is probably less than what we know about Dutch, German, and English beads.  It's probably as much fantasy as fact; it's probably all out of focus; it probably can't stand up to any serious scrutiny.  And now, what about Flemish and French material; will digs in these places reduce the Venetian pile yet again?