DATE: Georgian Revival, c.1900
A stunning boxed rivière necklace set with blue paste gemstones. The oval stones are set in open-back silver settings, allowing the light to shine through present an inky blue. With white paste flower motifs that sit in-between each stone, creating a lovely colour combination. It dates from the turn of the century, circa 1900, with a wearable length of 16 inches.
Paste gemstones were popular throughout the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras. It is a special type of flint glass that emulates a number of gemstones. The origins of Paste jewellery date back to the mid-18th century, to a jeweller named Georges Frederic Stras, who worked as a jeweller to the king when he moved from Strasbourg to Paris in 1724.
STONES
Paste Gemstones
MEASUREMENTS
Wearable length: 16 inches
Width of stones:
WEIGHT
50.1g
MARKS
No marks present, tests as silver
CONDITION
Very good
