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I have had this necklace since I was 18. I don't wear it any more because I have a fat neck, but I'd like to give it to my daughter. I don't know what the beads are made from but the chain appears to be brass. How do I clean it without harming the beads? They are hard and would seem to be wood, but the pattern on them is too uniform to have been carved. I don't want to dip it in something and ruin the beads.

 

Very pretty, I have never seen those beads before.
A sunshine cloth or other silver cloth can do no harm, and it works on brass too.

As for the neck size, you could add an extension chain.

 

It's probably long enough but why call attention to double chins! LOL

 

Lovely necklace!
I would say carved celluloid

 

The chain could easily be silver in dire need of cleaning. I'd take a sunshine cloth to it too. The beads could be galaith.

 

Evelyb30 right! Galalith it is...I was confusing my words

 

I would never dip anything. Cloth works. If you know the beads can handle water then dish soap in water does a nice initial clean up before the polish. If there's any question about the beads not doing well with water then I wouldn't though.

 

I'm always reluctant to use water until I know the whole piece is safe. I've started gently using the sunshine cloth but it seems so delicate I can't rub it too hard. Also, Im' not sure how I can get all the tiny ones in between beads. I always loved this necklace. My parents had a second hand store. My mother didn't wear jewelry, but she collected it and I inherited the penchant. When I was young & thin (124 lb.), I wore it all. We won't discuss current weight.

 

I have two other necklaces with Galalith beads and these are quite different. I'm thinking they might be Syroco. They have a woodier texture and not plastic.

 

I didn't know Syroco also made beads?

 

I didn't think so either but these are so uniform they have to be molded. Maybe they are galalith. I'm waiting for my daughter to say yay or nay to them. If it's nay, they go on ebay