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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 830029, member: 5398"]I think the faceted beads with only that "occasional flash of light" as Lucille said, make the whole necklace look more elegant than if they had an overall AB coating. Regarding the foil glass beads, I've given up trying to figure out where they were made, but the interesting combination of colors in the matrix part of the beads combined with the emerald green foil, and then the slightly flattened shape of the beads with the sparkly foiled areas grouped around the perimeter, make them more unique and interesting than any other foil beads I've seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I may be going way out on a limb here, but a thought just popped into my mind about the round brass box clasp -- it's the type used on some Miriam Haskell necklaces where the top of the clasp always had beads and/or metal work to coordinate with the rest of the necklace (not all clasps like this were signed). Although Lucille's necklace isn't the typical Haskell style (I haven't seen anything similar in my Cathy Gordon book on Haskell Jewelry or online), who knows.....???? I have a few signed Haskell pieces that don't look like anything I've seen online or in books.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 830029, member: 5398"]I think the faceted beads with only that "occasional flash of light" as Lucille said, make the whole necklace look more elegant than if they had an overall AB coating. Regarding the foil glass beads, I've given up trying to figure out where they were made, but the interesting combination of colors in the matrix part of the beads combined with the emerald green foil, and then the slightly flattened shape of the beads with the sparkly foiled areas grouped around the perimeter, make them more unique and interesting than any other foil beads I've seen. I may be going way out on a limb here, but a thought just popped into my mind about the round brass box clasp -- it's the type used on some Miriam Haskell necklaces where the top of the clasp always had beads and/or metal work to coordinate with the rest of the necklace (not all clasps like this were signed). Although Lucille's necklace isn't the typical Haskell style (I haven't seen anything similar in my Cathy Gordon book on Haskell Jewelry or online), who knows.....???? I have a few signed Haskell pieces that don't look like anything I've seen online or in books.[/QUOTE]
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