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Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's earliest fashion motifs of camellias, hearts, and topaz are combined in this Art-Deco period tightly silk-strung metallic-glass couture set of a mixed-bead ...

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...

Featuring the earliest white-swirled glass and enameled faux-pearl round beads handcrafted by Parisian lampwork-master Louis Rousselet for American entrepreneur Miriam Haskell and he...

With a silver clasp that could be as old as the Victorian period and in an Art-Nouveau style with pale intricate flora motifs, this antique long glass necklace features lampwork-like...

Catholic Rosary Necklace in Sterling Silver (92.5% pure silver). This necklace is your perfect prayer and it can be worn around your neck. There is a g...

Classic mid century cultured pearl necklace featuring a strand of 7.3 mm pearls (approximate some variation). The strand is knotted between each pearl. The clasp is a cluster of pe...

A bold and mesmerizing statement piece, this 28" beaded necklace is an extraordinary celebration of color and craftsmanship. It features an impressive suite of 27 shimmering opal bea...

Exceptional carvings on every bead are individually carved with expressive artistry. The deep colors of desirable coral are interestingly expressed in the carvings. The strand is 18 ...