Early 20th Century Rope Necklaces

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...

This is a lovely iridescent purple and red beaded flapper tassel necklace with fringed ends and accent lampwork or wedding cake beads. The Sautoir r...

One-of-a-kind, circa 1935, Hancrafted Yellow and White Gold brushed and polished Necklace, in typical Maglia Milanese Style. This unique piece is crafted to look and feel like luxuri...

Early Maison Gripoix 1920s sautoir. Elegantly composed of crystal pate de verre teardrop bead clusters and twisted braided lengths of micro faux seed pearls. Long flapper length. Ex...

Truly extraordinary describes the remarkable yards of fourteen karat 14K yellow gold that creates this antique double cable chain necklace. Measuring seventy eight (78) inches long, ...

Lovely Art Deco Maison Gripoix rope necklace of micro faux seed pearls. The upper strands of the necklace are softly twisted and braided while lower bib falls in loose draped strands...

Old gold Princess necklace with rubies in one side and diamonds on the back, with hanging Basra Pearls and a Crescent Moon medallion in the center. The red...