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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joan, post: 293287, member: 5398&quot;]P.S. to my previous post.&nbsp;&nbsp; I noticed the necklace chain has a decorative impressed design on each link and looks like gold gilt over brass, which makes me think the necklace could be from the Art Nouveau or Art Deco era.&nbsp; If it was mine, I might try to restore the whole piece by cleaning all the brass, removing the two dangles toward the center that are each missing a bead and replacing them with dangles from the ends, then combine the two partial dangles into one and add that back, then attach a vintage brass clasp.&nbsp; On the other hand, that&#039;s a lot of time-consuming work for something that still might not command a very high price. It might be worth more selling the beads, chain, and findings separately.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t even throw out the brass jump rings and head pins. I don&#039;t like using new brass head pins and jump rings for restoring vintage jewelry because they&#039;re either too bright or have an antiqued finish that doesn&#039;t look authentic.&nbsp; I&#039;d use a little wire cutter to snip off the eye of the old brass head pins to easily remove the beads and bead caps, then save the head pins since there&#039;s still enough left to reuse for other projects.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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