Featured Any ideas on this necklace? Turquoise?

Hi all,
this belongs to a friend, I'm so lost with jewelry I have no idea.
No marks on this, a magnet doesn't stick to it. would this be turquoise? The stone are very shiny, maybe a shellac finish on them, not sure if they did stuff like that? Maybe an artisan piece?
any information appreciated.
thanks for looking

 

That's quite interesting. No marks?

Debora

 

No.
Not sure it is stone. Looks like glass with that high shine.

Interesting piece.

 

Someone will know (but I don't.) But modernist and quite attractive.

Debora

 

thanks Debora, no marks at all

thanks cluttered I wondered if maybe glass because of the shine on it

fingers crossed someone will know

 

Bloodstone?? Or maybe not enough blue in it...........

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I like it too and it looks like

No clue either but it looks like silver with fused glass jewels. Agree it’s very attractive.

 

thanks Aquitaine and reader

I have no idea if stone, I think maybe glass?

fused jewels makes sense, thanks reader

 

Definitely glass. The metal would need to be tested to be sure.

 

Agree that the metal must be tested.

 

Really nice, and I agree with glass for the 'stones'. The metal could be pewter, but it is best to have it tested, as said by the others.

 

Very cool piece, agree w/others about testing the metal. Looks 1960s or so. Reminds me in style of some of the 60's Renoir/Matisse pieces, but not thinking this is from that company. Or a bit of a Nordic vibe, maybe?? If it winds up being sterling I'd check if the hook was possibly replaced, you'd almost expect some kind of mark on this if sterling.

Really pretty.

 

I doubt that it’s 60s and if we’re playing guessing games I’d go US or somewhere Nordic too. I could certainly be wrong but my understanding is that fused art glass barely existed in the 60s. That was the very start of the American studio glass movement which was pretty much influenced by Italy and IMO there’s nothing Italian about that piece.

I really think it’s American studio glass and would place it no earlier than 70s and easily later.

 

Looking closer I don’t think it’s silver either and wondering if it’s a newer costume piece but pretty regardless.

 

It's spatter glass, which has been around for a fair old time. Some of those cabochons are very like Welz glass.

 

thanks for all the replies folks
I saw the piece in person yesterday, spatter glass it is- thanks for that bear, that never crossed my mind
the metal is just metal, silver in colour only, very nice looking piece in person

 

I bet it looks good on. A local upscale consignment store would probably put a big whack on it and take $30 when the dust settled. No idea what the seller had on it.