Seeking info on this scarab necklace...thanks!

...from the boxes.

No marks on the silver that I can see.

The stones have done sort of hyrogliphics inscibed on the back of them.

I put it on the light box so you can see their translucency and variation from stone to stone. Bad photo...but interesting?

The imperfection on the top center stone is smooth. Not a crack or chip.

Thanks!

 

Sterling filigree with maybe obsideon
Sterling filigree was often from Italy, or India.
I would think 1960ish.
These usually weren't marked with a maker.

Wait for others more knowledgeable in this type of jewelry to comment

 

I took out the part about replaced clasp. I think I'm wrong about that.

 

It looked funny to me too, but I don't know much about this sort of thing...

 

Also, my apologies for not cleaning it @clutteredcloset49 !

 

I have a necklace with that style of chain and clasp! Very different beads and the rest, though. Mine seems older than 1960s, but I really don't know.

 

I think the clasp is what is called a "spring ring" clasp. The first of those were made in 1921, but they were used for a long time and changed somewhat through time. Anybody here know more about those?

 

Very nice necklace.
I agree, the stone is probably obsidian.
Silver filigree is found all over Europe and Asia, with a huge concentration around the Mediterranean and on to Portugal.
The two filigree links nearest to the chain, with the discs, look Middle Eastern to me. The irregularity of the spiral winding of the filigree looks North African.
This necklace could be Egyptian, but if so, I'd expect a different chain. Maybe a replacement?

 

Silver filigree is often made of lower grade silver than sterling (925), they can be 830 or 800. Sterling can be too soft for that delicate wire work. Without a mark there is no way to be sure.

Nice necklace, the chain is called a "scroll chain", see chain styles on this link:
http://www.bigbeadlittlebead.com/guides_and_information/jewellery_chain_glossary.php

 

Those scroll chains are generally costume, so I'd test this just in case. That said, I found a gold one not too long ago, so there's no telling. With no marks, there's no way to be totally sure where this came from.

 

those scroll chains catch hair............ouch !

 

By the way, my necklace with that type of chain and clasp does not have real stones. They are glass. Mine has flowers of an orangeish-pink sort of color. Of course, this scarab one could be completely different.

 

The scroll chain is what made me think 1960s. Made me think of eye glass chains.