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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4110524, member: 2844"]It is lovely, evelyb. It isn't made to look like cut steel though, these are faceted beads beaded together just like (faux) pearl or coral beads were beaded into designs like this.</p><p>I think it is 'French jet' though, so glass. Did you test them? I have several pieces with similar beading, and mine are all French jet.</p><p>Mine date from the late 19th century, and it looks like yours and the ones in the Etsy listing do too. Not the 1950s, like it says in the listing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4110524, member: 2844"]It is lovely, evelyb. It isn't made to look like cut steel though, these are faceted beads beaded together just like (faux) pearl or coral beads were beaded into designs like this. I think it is 'French jet' though, so glass. Did you test them? I have several pieces with similar beading, and mine are all French jet. Mine date from the late 19th century, and it looks like yours and the ones in the Etsy listing do too. Not the 1950s, like it says in the listing.[/QUOTE]
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