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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jivvy, post: 907071, member: 8184&quot;]They were never strung on cotton, they were on a very lovely and very delicate chain.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, should not have been a huge surprise when it broke. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know where it was strung, but small bead as separator (as opposed to knots) was not uncommon.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have wondered about the hand-faceted beads -- on any other necklace, I would have guessed Czech. </p><p><br /></p><p>But the fiorato/i(?) are textbook Venetian (for the period -- which I think is late 1950s/early 60s).</p><p><br /></p><p>For all I know, could be beads with a mix of origins and strung in Rivendell. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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