Venetian Art Gold Foil Glass Bead Necklace 1940s Vintage 14K GF

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...

Double sided Fendi Necklace, black Glass one side and Double FF on the other. New old stock. Purchased in the late 1980s early 90s stored away and never worn. Measures 18 in to 21 in...

Lamp work Beads are individually handmade glass beads ranging in sizes and shapes. These have Iridescent foiled back dots inside of them. Stunning in person. Sizes range from 10mm 14...

Stunning colors on this vintage Bakelite Necklace. Amber colored Bakelite with black and cream beading mixed in. Oversized carved Bakelite be...

This is a charming 14k yellow gold bead necklace from the 1940s. The necklace measures 15 inches in length and 11mm in width. The necklace weighs 41...

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...

Beautiful Art Deco gold tone wire necklace, featuring oval golden foil glass beads, with gold glass bead accents. Length 41.3 cm / 16.25 inches. This ...

Bright pop art colors reminiscent of the '60's are cheerfully displayed in whimsical patterns on fifty unique hand made Venetian Glass beads used to create this one -of -a -kind bead...