Featured Etruscan Revival piece?

Me too! Rather in love with this necklace. I think it would look good with anything, but I would go with something simple and let the necklace be the star. A white or green silk blouse maybe? I am fond of green and gold together.

 

A simple but elegant black dress. Something to enhance the necklace and not take centre stage.

 

Or white pleated linen. And a sun tan.

 

Gold always looks better with a sun tan.

 

Magnificent!!

 

I'd wear it...butt naked !!

 

Thank you all for the compliments and information.
It was selling as "gold tone", so I got it very cheap. I bought it online and I received it on April 20th. I have been just looking at it and thinking to myself that it is beautiful and looks like gold. I did an image search and found the pictures that 2manybooks shared. That photo is similar, which brought me to Etruscan Revival. I felt like it could be something special but, in my mind, it just couldn't be as good as I thought or hoped. I was thinking about asking some museum before I decided to join here and see what others thought before going gaga. I still can't go gaga because it hasn't even been tested .
I don't have a jeweler, yet. I will have to do some research I suppose.
If there are more suggestions, I am open.

 

Antique Italian Gold Etruscan Style Necklace, circa 1870’s. Camilla Dietz Bergeron – Booth 2711. Original Miami Beach Antique Show

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you're right not to be overly excited....... just yet , as your dealer may have had it tested....... cuz no one wants a $20,000 necklace to get away from them...

but........

 

a point to be made here....... that's sloppy work on the front..

 

WOW! That is it!

 

well....u said u needed to do more research .....and that's what we're all about !!!

This may be a solid lead...!!!!

 

Along with being very careful about the testing methods, if anyone makes you an offer to buy this piece just smile sweetly, pay the testing costs if there are any & exit quickly.

You don't have to give your exact location but maybe if you post a general vicinity someone here can help you out with a recommendation for a reputable jeweler or two.

 

You could test it yourself. Most of us 'joolies' have a home testing kit. It uses acid to test gold, in several finenesses.
I bought mine years ago on ebay, but there are other venues. Shop around for the best price.

The kit comes with a testing stone. You rub an inconspicuous part of the necklace on the stone until it leaves a stripe. That doesn't need much pressure, and you can see a stripe after a second or so.
Then you place a drop of one of the acids on the stripe, so not on the necklace. If the stripe dissolves, the fineness is lower than the corresponding testing acid, and you go on to the next bottle and repeat the process until the stripe doesn't dissolve. If it doesn't, you have found your approximate fineness.

 

I went to see a jeweler for a consultation, about a 25 minutes sit down and chat, and wanted to update you all. He said that it is at least 18k. He believed it to be made in Thailand or Indonesia, more likely Thailand due to the high quality. He said that if it were Italian, it would likely be signed. He said that the number scratched into it could be a manufacturers number or, if it had been repaired at some time, a repair number. His best guess was that it was made in the mid 1800s.

 

Absolutely magnificent!!

 

The only thing I’d disagree with him on is Italian pieces being signed. That was pretty uncommon in the nineteenth and well into the twentieth. Lovely thing that.

 

I can't see why he believes it was made in Asia

 

Congratulations!

 

I’d missed that, I don’t think it’s Asian either. It’s much more likely to be British or mainland Europe, Italy included.

 

I think it's more likely the number scratched was an auction or inventory number at some point? As often happens with antiques. Congratulations! Hearing the gold content is good is the main thing. May I ask, when you saw a picture of this basically listed as costume jewelry, what about it made your radar go off that it may be better then advertised? There are a lot of hints when you see things in person, such as the weight, feel, and luster of the item, but all of those depend on handling it.