Posted 8 years ago
martika
(149 items)
I was really pleased when I spotted today this 21'' long malachite necklace in a charity shop. I love this stone and the price was very good : £1.50! The another necklace, an aurora borealis double strand had a same price tag. It looks vintage to me, the clasp, claw setting and everything, except it is in very good condition, nearly like brand new without box! I heard lots of fake 'vintage' jewellery is manufactured in Asia nowadays. I would like to know your thoughts :)
The barrel clasp on the Malachite necklace would put it at around the 1930s. The other necklace looks to have a good solid clasp, I wouldn't think it is a fake, if it had a lobster clasp I would think again. Nice buy.
I love the malachite necklace!
Thank you Jean for the info!!! :)
Thanks Lentilka for your nice comment!!!
Gee, you did great! Both are beautiful.
Thank you Bonnie!!! They aren't gold, but I'm pleased ;)
Your malachite beads are very nice quality and likely from the Urals, made in USSR; African and Mexican malachite looks a bit different. Btw, barrel clasp was commonly used in Russia long after 1930s, through 1970s.
Thank you Davyd286 for your great info!!!
Nice finds Martika, you did well :-)
Thank you Kyra :)
Both really beautiful Martika.....well done!!
Great job martika!!
Thank you Judy and Fleafinder!!! :)))
Thanks to everybody for the love clicks!!! :)
Wow, great finds! I need to find some charity shops like yours, most of them near me are far too clued up on this stuff!
Pebble - some shops are better than others. Keep searching !!! :)
yes do be careful martika went to china and i paid 100 plus sgd for a dzi beads and realised its a fake. Quite demoralising at times.
Thank you fleafinder!!! Sorry about your experience!!! I imagine how annoying is when you realise your long awaited item isn't what you expect. But we can always put down this as a learning!!!