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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1414990, member: 2844&quot;]The easy part is the style. It is a ca 1960s Moroccan necklace.</p><p>The beads look like the pressed amber beads manufactured in the Königsberg* amber works ca 1900.</p><p>I have some Yemeni, Moroccan and also German Jugendstil jewellery with similar beads, and they are a pain to research.</p><p>My conclusion after research and testing is they are a mix of Baltic amber and an artificial material. Not similar to anything made today.</p><p>So the necklace was probably made using older beads, a regular thing in ethnic jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Königsberg, East Prussia, is now Russian and called Kaliningrad. It is the heart of Baltic amber country.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Moroccan pendant in the same style, with a huge &#039;amber&#039; bead. The bead looks the same as yours in UV light.</p><p>The mounts of the bead are base metal, the dangle is silver with a glass bead. Ethnic mix &#039;n match.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]223229[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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