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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 284772, member: 2844&quot;]The ivory beads are.... ivory.</p><p><br /></p><p>The black necklace looks like &#039;French jet&#039;, which is a fancy name for glass. You can see if it is jet by gently rubbing an inconspicuous part on fine sandpaper, if it leaves a black mark it is jet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a site with info on how to test for amber:</p><p><a href="http://www.green-crafts.com/content/how-recognize-genuine-amber" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.green-crafts.com/content/how-recognize-genuine-amber" rel="nofollow">http://www.green-crafts.com/content/how-recognize-genuine-amber</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And, just for fun, here is a thread where many of us showed our true colours over amber and much more:</p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/anyone-know-amber.16196/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/anyone-know-amber.16196/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/anyone-know-amber.16196/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The cloisonné enamel beads are mid-century Chinese.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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