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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2099531, member: 2844&quot;]Lovely beads Xristina.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not enough, but it is a clue. I think you have a necklace with old beads made of an amber and (artificial) resin mix. I have similar beads, they look like amber under UV light, but they are too heavy to be amber.</p><p>I know beads like these were made in the Königsberg (Kaliningrad) amber factory in the early 1900s, but there isn&#039;t much info on them. You can come across them in different shapes and sizes in antique and Art Deco jewellery, and in ethnic jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few examples from my collection, all amber and ? mix:</p><p><br /></p><p>Russian with gilded clasp:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]250293[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ethnic inspired European flapper style necklace with .800 silver, probably Bohemian/Czech:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]250290[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yemen, with .833 silver:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]250289[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can tell the beads were valued from the fact that they had silver and gilded components and findings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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