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Buying antique jewellery is both ethical and eco-friendly as harmful and destructive mining processes are not needed to make an item yours. So give yourself a pat on the back!
Find Out MoreA rare silverA metallic element which is malleable and ductile, and white in colour, making it ideal for use in jewellery. It is usually mixed with copper to improve its hardness.
and pasteGlass made to resemble gem materials, which may be moulded, faceted, carved, etc. necklace that was made circa 1820. At that time coloured and colourless paste were very popular as they imitated the more expensive diamonds, sapphires and emeralds and could be worn at fashionable venues with confidence as they looked like the real thing. This necklace is composed of sixteen lucky clovers that have been pinched collet set with colourless pastes with a black spot on the foiling at the back to imitate the culet on an old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod... diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use.... The reverse has been lightly gilded. Gold rings join each section and some links have been added to extend it at some pointA unit of weight for a diamond, being one-hundredth of a metric carat. It is used for weights that are decimal fractions of a carat, and all figures after the second decimal point are, in the diamond and jewellery trade, generally discarded.. There is a hidden tongue clasp behind one of the clovers. When worn in a candlelit setting this necklace would have looked simply stunning and would still look amazing when worn with todays fashions and settings.
We have never had a GeorgianJewellery made in the Georgian era (1714-1830). paste necklace in this design.
Unmarked, silver & gold wash on the back
Buying antique jewellery is both ethical and eco-friendly as harmful and destructive mining processes are not needed to make an item yours. So give yourself a pat on the back!
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