Unusual Vintage 35" Hand Knotted Strand of Cloisonné Egg Shaped Beads

Ethnic Inspired Charm Necklace or belt from the 1980's. Antique gold finish on brass with semiprecious beads of carnelian, amythest and turquoise. 45" x .75". 1980s USA.

This antique rare hand-pressed-glass necklace features semi-translucent grape-green large beads that are capped with gilt-brass filigree. Based on the combination of bead seams, spring-ring clasp, and metal findings on the unmarked faux Chinese-jade necklace, it dates to the late Victorian period most likely from Western Europe. Around WWI, hand presses, which stamped molten glass into a mold to create a bead with a hole and a seam, were often used to produce costume jewelry as a cottage industry in Germany and the Czech region. This was while there was a lack of factory machine presses and finishing tumblers that used sand to polish out the seam lines. Another reason that the cloudy green beads can be identified as atypically hand-pressed is that they are more opaque and therefore harder and less prone to breaking during formation than fully-translucent glass, which was better suited for automated-machine pressing. Also the green beads are an unusual swirled color including white, which suggests that their production was more limited than machine-pressing would enable. Without the bead-seams, this necklace could be mistaken for one by Coco Chanel. Her 1920s couture...

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DETAILS • signed MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA • gold plated with crystals and glass beads • vintage designer necklace MEASUREMENTS • CONDITION • very good vintage condition with...

This necklace will be your next go-to piece of jewelry in your collection! You will be reaching for this necklace everyday whether it be getting ready for a date-night or a special event. This is really a super unique find! This necklace is a perfect size and design to take from day to night with a change of an outfit. This beautiful necklace has a delicate design and some highly coveted details like Cloisonne beads...

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