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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 425698, member: 2844&quot;]Nice multi-strand necklace, Marco, very elegant.</p><p>Most Mediterranean branch coral necklaces of this nice old colour and sheen are 1930s, this one is as well imo. Here in Europe that clasp was already around in the 19th century, but used in the early decades of the 20th century as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the way jewelers often re-string necklaces like this.</p><p>Someone who collects old and antique jewellery would solve it in a more traditional way, either hidden the knots in old beads that look more like the clasp, or in what we would call &#039;lakbolletjes&#039; or &#039;ingelakt&#039;, using a red lacquer to attach the knots to small round beadcaps of the appropriate metal. I&#039;m sure there is a term for that in English. That way you wouldn&#039;t get frayed ends either.</p><p>If you ever go to the Netherlands, take it to a jeweler who sells traditional Dutch jewellery, they still use the old methods for old coral necklaces.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that it is now on sturdy cord is a bonus for many people. It is wearable, and you don&#039;t have to worry about it falling apart.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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