HEIDI DAUS signed gold tone crystal beaded designer necklace

DETAILS • unsigned • gold tone glass beads • vintage designer necklace MEASUREMENTS • 32" long CONDITION • very good vintage condit...

DETAILS • signed KJL KENNETH JAY LANE • gold tone with resin beads • vintage designer necklace MEASUREMENTS • CONDITION • very good vintage condition with minimal signs of ...

DETAILS • signed FARRAH • gold plated with crystals • vintage designer necklace MEASUREMENTS • CONDITION • very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear Sku...

DETAILS • signed JOAN RIVERS • gold tone with glass beads • vintage designer necklace MEASUREMENTS • CONDITION • very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear S...

This Bohemian shabby chic necklace is stunning. Te font section is large carved crystal beads with 3 rondel spacers. On the sides you have the same crystal and rondels with an elon...

Ribbed crystal and goldtone beaded necklace with gold-plated clasp, circa 1970. Light scratches and tarnish.

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...

Vintage Aurora Borealis Crystal Necklace with Brass Filigree Beads – 1950s Adjustable Bridal Jewelry A beautiful 1950s handcrafted neck...