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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 436864, member: 2844&quot;]Gorgeous, bluumz.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, yes, Mediterranean red or salmon coral. </p><p>The beads on the necklace probably started out life more red, and turned salmony with age. We call that colour and beautiful soft sheen &#039;old Dutch&#039;, like in the antique Dutch coral necklaces. It is the way we prefer coral. Of course it really is &#039;old Sardinian, Sicilian, Adriatic&#039;, etc.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The beads look older than the clasp, 1830s-40s maybe. Given their shape and irregularity, they could have been recycled from an antique Polish folk necklace worn with regional dress, like these visitors to a&nbsp; Carpathian mountains festival are wearing:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripsavvy.com%2Fthmb%2F4e3A5dFG_6zuVfDvZT6xriUARAo%3D%2F960x0%2Ffilters%3Ano_upscale%28%29%3Amax_bytes%28150000%29%3Astrip_icc%28%29%2Feurope--poland--carpathian-mountains--zakopane--international-festival-of-mountain-folklore--performers-in-traditional-costume-530252298-5a96720104d1cf00385dbafe.jpg&amp;sp=8a48f582468887c278e1362d752925c7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You know me too well.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Yes, if it makes me drool, it is European style old Mediterranean red.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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