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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joan, post: 8359160, member: 5398&quot;]Sorry for the long post, but I got carried away.&nbsp; I think your necklace is beautiful, IvaPan, whether vintage, new or a combination. Sometimes it&#039;s difficult to determine the age of a necklace with glass beads because there are so many new beautiful glass beads of all types being made. I find that I have to be more cautious when looking at glass bead necklaces for resale (especially when they don&#039;t have clasps) because I know there are people who make necklaces that look vintage, but they&#039;re made with new beads or a combination of new and old. (I realize you didn&#039;t buy this necklace to re-sell, so the most important consideration is that you like it).</p><p><br /></p><p>Beadaddict.co.uk is just one example of a website that sells new artisan-made Venetian Murano foiled glass beads. They have a few examples with the embedded rose-like squiggles (but not exactly like yours).&nbsp; Yours look like vintage &quot;sommerso&quot; foiled glass beads with the foil part submerged or suspended inside glass. New sommerso style authentic Italian handmade Murano glass bead jewelry is even being sold on Amazon. Amazon also sells the pierced/ajour beadcaps exactly like those on your necklace.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes people think if a necklace is made with wire links it&#039;s vintage, but that&#039;s not always a determining factor either. My sister makes necklaces to sell using combinations of new and vintage glass beads, pearls, etc, and sometimes she makes them with wire links (she&#039;s self taught and began in her 70s). It&#039;s easier than people think if you have the right needle-nose pliers, but it takes time, although maybe not much more than hand-knotting a necklace, especially since it doesn&#039;t take as many beads to get the same length. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, for what it&#039;s worth, I can&#039;t say for certain if your necklace is authentic vintage, new, or a combination of vintage and newer beads assembled by someone who had the time and patience to make the wire links.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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