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Roaring 20's known as the fun loving decadent era. A time of gangsters, speakeasies, dancing the Charleston. |
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15 million cars were registered between 1920 and 1929. |
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Society embraced the "New Modern Art" engendered with Cubism and the Ballet Russe. |
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King Tut's Tomb was discovered. in 1922. Starting a second wave of Egyptian Revival. , |
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Stones that had been used in Tutankhamun's jewelry lapis lazuli, carnelian, chalcedony became popular. |
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In traditional fine vintage marcasite jewelry, the stones are deeply set by hand tool, one by one, while either gold or thick sterling sheet is heated. |
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When cooled, the marcasites are firmly set, can not fall out unless |
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they become cracked from being hit against a hard surface |
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The jewelry pattern is die-stamped under four-ton pressure, |
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then carefully cut out into the intended shape, filed, polished, buffed. |
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Earring and Necklace Set Carnelian, Germany, Sterling |
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Earrings 2", pendent 19"l. |
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Bracelet 10 carnelian stone on hinged links marked 925, Sterling $ 350.00 |
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Flying Bird 1920's Lapel Watch with Hunter Case |
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Marcasite and Sterling, Watch Swiss 15 jewels, signed Marcel Bucherer |
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Jet formed during the Jurassic Period 180 million years ago, when trees similar to the Monkey Puzzle Trees today fell into swamps and rivers. Under compression the water logged trees under went a chemical change. Jet formed in fresh water is a soft stone where as formed in saltwater the Jet is hard. |
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Necklaces faceted JET Beads |
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# 1 Faceted Jet 26" strand European 1920's $ 85.00 |
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# 2 Jet strand faceted beads hand knotted, crystal spacer 26" 1920's $ 190.00 |
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#3 Jet strand graduated size faceted beads 18", circa 1910 $ 150.00 |
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# 4Triple Strand faceted jet beads lengths 26", 24", 20" $ 300.00 |
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Cameo Pin White Gold |
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1 3/4" x 1 1/2" |
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Carved Bone Lavaliere |
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22" $ 70.00 |
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Bronze Peacock Make-up Box |
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6 hidden compartments are reveiled when peacock is unwound made in India circa 1900-1920 |
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Amber Necklaces popular from 1900's - 1920's |
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14" polished graduated Amber bead necklace $ 182.00 |
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16" Small polished beads with original brass screw clasp $ 208.00 |
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16" Polished Geometric shaped beads $ 300.00 |
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18" Unpolished nuggets Amber beads $ 235.00 |
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19" Small polished beads with original Sterling clasp. $247.00 |
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23" Baltic Amber assorted size beads with crystal spacers 1920's $ 299.00 |
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26" Baltic graduated beads, continuous strand $ 338.00 |
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Cherry Amber first exported from China circa 1920 |
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17" Large olive shaped beads $ 425.00 |
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27 ½" strand graduated size beads $ 650.00 |
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28" strand graduated sizes $650.00 |
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Crystal Bead Necklace circa 1920's – 1930's |
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15" Slightly graduated beads on Sterling chain with gold filled bead spacers |
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And matching earrings $ 250.00 |
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15" Graduated size facted square beads on Foxtail chain $ 150.00 |
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