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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wanderer, post: 2642002, member: 16309&quot;]<font size="4">I am sorry I was not able to find “Edit” icon to change images on full size. I will follow your advised for future posts/replies.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">I am in Australia and bought this necklace on auction. It can be part of deceased estate as well as just submitted for sale by individual. It was part of a lot. Australia is country of immigrants and everyone tried to bring most valuable heirlooms with them. Also, we like to travel a lot and tend to bring worlds curiosities back home.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">On auction I saw items from Ming Dynasty China, India, Tibet, Mexica, Norway, Edwardian, Victorian and Art Nouveau items.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">I browsed for hours on internet trying to find similar clasp. The only information I found that it is called “Byzantine hook clasp” and was popular from 300 BC and through Byzantine periods.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://navettejewellery.org/2019/03/24/dating-necklaces-clasps-and-fasteners-part-i/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://navettejewellery.org/2019/03/24/dating-necklaces-clasps-and-fasteners-part-i/" rel="nofollow">https://navettejewellery.org/2019/03/24/dating-necklaces-clasps-and-fasteners-part-i/</a></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Although I think that it was used longer by amateur jewelers and jewelers in Indo Asia and may be in Pacific and South America.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">This necklace is handmade. It is irregular in some parts but solid. No signs of soldering (may be just on links between plates. No stamps or inscriptions. Metal is most likely brass – it is yellow color at the back (protected by skin oil?) and dull in front (due to dirt and oxygenation?). There must be white metal (silver?) inserted under stones as it is shine under light.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Stones are similar to </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://www.gemgazer.com/amethyst-quartz-cabochon-with-hematite-inclusions-brazil-2563-carats-6735-p.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gemgazer.com/amethyst-quartz-cabochon-with-hematite-inclusions-brazil-2563-carats-6735-p.asp" rel="nofollow">https://www.gemgazer.com/amethyst-quartz-cabochon-with-hematite-inclusions-brazil-2563-carats-6735-p.asp</a></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">but more color.</font></p><p><font size="4">Could someone suggest where else I can try to find information about this necklace please?[ATTACH=full]272482[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]272480[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]272481[/ATTACH] ?</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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