Featured Can you help with age, origin and possible makers of any of these jewelry lot pieces?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Elen Beattie, Apr 14, 2024.

  1. Elen Beattie

    Elen Beattie Well-Known Member

    Hi all! I thought it might be easier to include these pieces in one thread rather than several. I won a large jewelry lot from an auction house recently and have since separated the better vs the junk (they were also filthy!). Some pieces I have identified but these ones I need a little help on!

    1. Glass bead necklace- are the beads Venetian, Czech? what are they called? 1920s-30s maybe?
    2. This bracelet reminded me a bit of Jakob Bengal but I'm not sure it is. The metal isn't silver, the orange balls appear to be coated glass or metal. Age?
    3. Tiny (0.75"W) locket (?) Although it has images now, there are small pierced holes in the front-is it too small to be a vinaigrette? Is it likely to age of the photo inside? Not testing as gold.

    Thanks for any info :)

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  2. Dessert58

    Dessert58 Well-Known Member

    Nice finds.
    The necklace seems Murano beads. The bracelet seems like Czech beads that mimic coral. The glass beads were a cheaper alternative to coral, obviously.
    Those Czech people did a good job on it though.
    Looks like 20s or 30s to me.
    The locket is nice! Engine turned guilloche on something that looks gold filled. I haven't seen it in yellow. It is nice with those blue flowers.
     
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  3. Elen Beattie

    Elen Beattie Well-Known Member

    Great info, thank you!
     
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  4. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    The flowers are forget me nots, very appropriate. I’d think early twentieth on that.
     
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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Yes, very Art Deco. The brass clasp is a replacement imo.
    Ditto.
     
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  6. Elen Beattie

    Elen Beattie Well-Known Member

    Thanks everyone!
     
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