Featured help with beaded necklaces and brooch

I'm not seeing that...the color is too solid ....imo...

 

I managed to find this one as well now jivvy, now I'm not searching for bat brooches !
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brass-Dr...314913?hash=item262408d161:g:0ksAAOSw-otdI05L

 

i look for the specks and glitter.....
unless...maybe they are heavily dyed...

 

A soak in tap water & dish washing liquid & rub down with soft clean cloth will not harm the beads. They are in desperate need of restringing, even if it were possible to make the cord look any less grimy.

 

Give me that bat brooch. Now.

As to cleaning, a Sunshine cloth is the best bet. Classic Neiger, lovely glass in it.

 

Great finds, charlie!

Definitely Neiger style, and possibly by Neiger. The blue-green 'stone' is Czech Peking glass, the coral is coral glass.

Neiger style pieces are often mistaken for Chinese. It is that Art Deco Orientalist style.

 

I agree, I had a graduated angel skin coral necklace that was broken and filthy. I cleaned all the beads as Brownen described and tried to restring but I couldn't get it right. My "skill" at knotting between each bead was just not good enough for the quality of the necklace. Since I had paid virtually nothing for the beads I had it done professionally. It was worth it! The second time I took it to a show it was snapped up for a nice profit

Your poor beads need cleaning and restringing, they will shine!!!

 

Thanks Aj, brilliant info. I wasn't sure about the brooch as it looked to have no precious metals or stones, but interesting none the less

Have you got an idea where the agate beads might have originated from ?

Found a few stating they are antique ?

https://www.rubylane.com/item/50198...Antique-Faceted-Carnelian-Agate-Bead-Necklace

 

Thanks for the info Marie. I'm sure they will look so much better restrung.

I don't know if this is a sign that they are coral or not, but one of the small beads was completely cracked and separated in two

After cleaning them with just water, and joining the broken bead back in the right place, they have fused back together ?

 

They are antique, given your location they could have been mined in Europe or Asia. These necklaces were fashionable throughout Europe (including the UK) in the 19th century.
There were some regional differences. The Dutch, for instance, wanted carnelian without banding for their bead necklaces, and preferably all the same colour.

Maybe some old glue which became a bit sticky after contact with water?

 

Beautiful piece; the pin back tells me pre-1925. No marks, eh?

Shazaam!

 

Am guessing the first ones are faceted, banded, carnelian likely from the Idar-Oberstein area of Germany OR same, same, same from India. How many of the beads have "eyes" like the nice one near your index finger in the 2nd photo?

 

And, PS: Is one end of the perforation larger than the other?

 

I have used Dawn and lukewarm tap water on a few strands of pearls, being careful not to leave them soak too long to damage the stringing. I gently towel dry with a soft towel, then I leave them on paper towels on a paper plate to sun-dry. Would this be okay for coral?

 

It is fine for coral. Coral deals with it better than pearls, with pearls water can get in between the layers.
Coral also benefits from a touch of oil, especially if it looks dry and whitish (red coral) from calcium.

 

Thanks for the info Aj, I've decided I wanna keep the carnelian ones, as they look pretty darn cool on !

 

Hi Kathy

There a bit of a mixed bag really, I would say 1 in 4 have that pattern to them

As for the perforations, some are bigger at one end than the other, some are about the same

 

I love carnelian.

 

Coral, again, is like pearls. More you wear it, the greater the sheen.