Grandiose Beads: A Monumental Coral Necklace

An enchanting antique necklace, this 14K yellow gold creation features a duo of strands adorned with nine large coral beads of exceptional size. With a warm, inviting glow, each bead is carefully strung, offering a timeless elegance that transcends trends. The necklace's luxurious weight and generous length articulate a narrative of past grandeur, meticulously preserved in very good condition.

Antique jewelry object group
necklace

Condition
very good condition
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Country of origin
unknown

Style
Victorian - Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. The Victorian era is known for its eclectic revival and interpretation of historic styles and the introduction of cross-cultural influences from the middle east and Asia in furniture, fittings, and Interior decoration. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a regrettable excess of ornament. The Arts and Crafts movement, the aesthetic movement, Anglo-Japanese style, and Art Nouveau style have their beginnings in the late Victorian era.
See also: Victorian
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Style specifics
The Late or Aesthetic Victorian Period - Experts divide the reign of Queen Victoria, also called The Victorian era (1837-1901) into three periods of about twenty years each; The Romantic Victorian Period (1837 - 1860), The Grand Victorian Period (1860 - 1880), and the Late or Aesthetic Victorian Period (1880 - 1901).

We consider this to be of The Late or Aesthetic Victorian Period.

Jewelry of this period is changing back from heavy to more smaller, romantic pieces with often whimsical motifs. Jewelers using diamonds and bright gemstones in elaborated and fine feminine pieces.

Period
ca. 1900
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Material
14K warm yellow gold (touchstone tested)
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Precious stones
Nine exceptional large coral beads

Hallmarks
No trace.
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Dimensions
double row neecklace: one row 52,00 cm (20,47 inch), one row 55,50 cm (21,85 inch)
nine corals average between 15 and 17 mm long and average diameter between 17,5 and 19,55 mm
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Weight
107,90 gram (69,38 dwt)

Adin Reference Nº
22235-0056

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