French Poured Glass Faux Jade Beads, Gripoix

Miriam Haskell multi strand faux emerald Gripoix glass bead necklace of 4 bead strands with gilt plated cut steel bead spacers, hand sewn back to back crystal rose montes and pierced...

Elegant Art Deco Jade and Silver Bead Graduated Beads from the 1920's. Elegant design with graduated beads with silver disc bead connectors. 24" total,...

Magnificent French Art Deco Paste and Givree Glass Bead Sautoir composed of hundreds of paste "buttons" wired to form looped links. Hand blown, h...

Multistrand necklace of pate de verre beads and faux pearls. Emerald, amythest hand formed poured glass beads are mixed with celadon faux pearls. Made by Maison Gripoix circa 1950s. ...

This apple green jadeite jade multi-strand necklace is from the early 20th century. The necklace consists of 154 jadeite jade stones, every piece of jade on this necklace is mottled in green and white. The jade strands...

Introducing a stunning vintage necklace made from natural Burmese jadeite. The stone features a soft green hue with a rich yet subtle palette, giving the piece an elegant and calming...

Bright, and filled with light, this radiant Art Deco era (circa 1920s -1930s) necklace is composed of 107 hand-carved and polished natural and untreated Burmese jadeite jade beads. The beads range in size from 4.13mm to 9.38. Overall, the beads are a bright, fresh spring green. I would say "pea green" but that sounds so awful. In truth, the beads are the color of those hard and shiny peas that you see when you crack open the first pod of the season. But these beads are also genetically gifted: they contain little patches of shockingly perfect imperial green, deep forest green, and even a green so faint it reminds me of light green velvet rubbed the wrong way so that light reflects off where you stroked your finger over the velvet and the green velvet is now whiter. Yes, go ahead and say it: the necklace deserves a finer clasp. But does it? This clasp is original to the piece. It was made by hand in the early twentieth century. It's silver and once it was gilt. It's a clasp I've seen on many jade and beaded necklaces from this period and I find the humble nature...

The necklace is 36.5 inches long (92 cm) and weighs 212 grams (7.5 oz). The size of the smooth olive jade beads is 16.5 mm in diameter, and beads knotting is traditionally done with ...