Antique Jade Necklace Like Marbles Made of Fog, Circa 1920s

This is a rare and wholly original carved & pierced nephrite necklace from the 1920s. Still strung on its original silk and embellished with knots, rock crystal quartz, and natural blue agate. This flapper-era treasure is a creation of spectacular beauty. The cool blue agate beads and the watery rock crystal perfectly compliment the waxy sheen of the light green nephrite carving...

This opera-length (33") nephrite jade necklace is exactly like the one your Chinese great-grandmother wore or maybe still does wear. Those of us without a Chinese great-grandmother must make do with whatever treasures we can find. And this is one of those found treasures. A proper old-school Chinese nephrite beaded necklace...

Created by hand between 1910-1920, this 21" strand of natural, untreated, Burmese jadeite jade possesses an ethereal, luminous beauty. Though they have been classified as "pale green to near colorless" in the gem lab report, each bead is has its own subtle tone. True, from a distance the beads read as white. But then, step into the shadows and their subtle tones are liberated. The tones are there in the light, too: it's just that sometimes looking isn't enough; you need to look but you also need to see. I think this is a spectacular strand for the subtlety of the tone and the quality of translucence. I've used low light to shoot them, so that you can see how gorgeous they are i the lowest of light. The sixty-two 7.3mm 8.5mm beads have been freshly restrung and a new 18K Japanese...

This beautiful and beautifully simple necklace was handmade in China in the 1920s or into the 1930s during the Republican Era (1912-1949). It was created for export. The turquoise...

An elegant and eye catching long sautoir, in a soft 'jade' green, from France, in the 1920s. Made from imitation jade glass round beads, and clear paste rondelles, caps and balls, it...

Amber Glass Beads Flapper necklace Ca. 1920s. Beading measures approx. 7mm - 9.8 mm-12mm-14.50mm. The drop beads measures 28.85mm x 11.80. Length is 29 inches to the drop, then 37 i...

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...

Classic Art Deco long french jet beads flapper necklace. The lovely faceted beads are hand cut and hand knotted. Measuring length 124.4 cm / 49 inches, and the beads are 6 mm / .23 i...