Very beautiful necklace made of 18th and 19th...
Very beautiful necklace made of 18th and 19th century Venetian pearls with a splendid 6-layered herringbone pearl 5.6 cm long! The necklace is made of five six-layered chevron beads, remarkable tapered beads whose colours are due to a multicoloured engraved enamel, small round beads on a rare black background, testimony to the fine dexterity of Venetian craftsmen, and hollow enamelled dotted beads. This is the story of the pearl that offers itself to you! Gorgeous!
Congo Kinshasa, 18th-19th centuries.
Length of the tapered black beads: approx. 2.9 cm each Gross
weight: approx. 500 g.
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Very beautiful necklace made of 18th and 19th century Venetian pearls with a splendid 6-layered herringbone pearl 5.6 cm long! The necklace is made of five six-layered chevron beads, remarkable tapered beads whose colours are due to a multicoloured engraved enamel, small round beads on a rare black background, testimony to the fine dexterity of Venetian craftsmen, and hollow enamelled dotted beads. This is the story of the pearl that offers itself to you! Gorgeous!
Congo Kinshasa, 18th-19th centuries.
Length of the tapered black beads: approx. 2.9 cm each Gross
weight: approx. 500 g.