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Here's the brass necklace you wanted to see closer! :^)
It has a snap clasp, and is about 14 1/2"+ opening when snapped. The widest width at the point is 3 1/2" . No makers marks, but for the snap.
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Here you go JImam!
Thanks for the love aura! :^)
Interesting!
It could've been, valentino97, but it looks manufactured, so maybe for a Halloween costume? It really looks great though, in the full sunny day we had here yesterday! :^)
Thanks for the love!
Yes it is lentilka11, that's what I thought, when I got at the flea market a while back!
Thank you so much for the love, and you too antiquerose! :^)
It's Whiting a David or a copy thereof. They made various types of mesh jewelry and this was one of them. Here's a signed online example (shown inside out): http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-WHITING-DAVIS-signed-11-gold-tone-mesh-choker-necklace-/182342973210
The snap could be a sign that this is an earlier piece: those snaps came about in early 1940s but were used all the way through 1960s I think.
Thanks davyd286, it looks close! The snap reads RAU FASTENER CO. on both parts, I guess I could check, to see when they were producing snaps, might help! :^)
Very interesting/impressive piece of necklace!
Good thinking to use a ball for the pic.... :)
Thanks for sharing.
You're very welcome JImam, and thanks for asking to show it! :^)
Thank you for the love too!
P.S. The ball is a glass garden globe, and it glows in the dark! another Flea find! :^)
Nice....
Here's one I found that's very close!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/470853216/chainmaille-necklace-mesh-necklace-gold?ref=market
yours is nicer ;)
Thanks JImam, I think so too! :^)
That is incredible construction. Nice piece.
So apparently Rau Fastener Co. was the maker. In 1968 the company changed to Rau Fastener Inc., I don't know if they changed the name on they're products, but that could indicate that it was made before 1968 anyway. I don't know where the seller of the one on Etsy got there info. on when their necklace was made, but I'll say, before 1968! :^) right or wrong!
Hey Celiene, it sure is, but looking at the back you can see where a fastener company could have made it, with their machinery.
I just noticed that I mixed up my (There, They're, and Their's's) LOL :^D
Rau Fastener was in Providence, RI. I don't think they made jewelry; they made different snaps and sold them to companies; the one similar to yours was patented around 1939 (if I remember right, you should be able to find the patent on Google or another patent site).
Thanks davyd286! :^)
Those are actually little fabric rivets, so a fastener company could have made it.
Yeah - I'd say Rau made these. Here's another, but older.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rau-Fastener-Antique-Metal-Mesh-Net-Necklace-Brass-Nice-Old-Vtg-Collectible-/171298713656?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276
And yet another. The classic bib!
https://www.rubylane.com/item/582712-TL000002134/Vintage-Gilt-Mesh-Scarf-Drape-Necklace
If you do a google image search of Rau fastener necklace -you get a bunch. SOme by WHiting Davis, some not.
Yes Celiene, that was my thought too. None of those pieces have any other markings, but for Rau. They could have been designed/sold by another company, but I believe made by Rau Fastener Co., but just my uneducated in jewelry, thought.
FROM THE WEB: "In 1911, Reiter started a small company, located on Blount Street in Providence, Rhode Island, staffed by four employees, producing metal stampings and fasteners for fabric.
They named their enterprise Rau Fasteners. (Incidentally, the word “rau” means “bad” in Romanian. It comes from the Latin word “reus,” which means “guilty.” Why would a Romanian man name his company “Bad Fasteners?” Requires further exploration.) In 1917 Rau Fasteners moved to the Providence Lithograph Building. By 1940 they had over 100 employees, and had also taken over the Ada Building location next door. Rau surged to over 450 employees during the war years, and acquired lucrative contracts from the military to create shoe buckles (National Register of Historic Places Registration Form.)
In 1952, Rau Fasteners expanded their physical plant to include shipping docks and expanded space. Rau incorporated businesses in Canada as well as Brussels. Beginning in 1968, things took an interesting turn. Choosing to expand by merging with a larger company, Rau was sold to US Industries. In 1975 the Rau division was sold to Premier Metal, and in 1985 it was sold to the London-based Hanson Trust. In 1990, amid fears that Rau would be sold to its competitor,…wait for it… Scovill Fasteners, Rau’s officers borrowed heavily to buy back the company from Hanson. The operation was a success, but sadly the patient died. They accomplished their goal, but soon began hemorrhaging money, which continued throughout the early 1990s, and in 1994 Rau filed for receivership (National Register of Historic Places Registration Form.) On January 24, 1996, Rau was acquired by Scovill (1998 Scovill registration statement), Rau officers’ borrowing all for naught."
Their snap was called a Klikit. Here are the EARLIEST necklaces I can find (scroll down just a bit):
http://forums.vintagefashionguild.org/threads/a-little-jewelry-help-please.28721/
The Klikit trademark was made in 1940. They made the snaps for western wear!
https://trademarks.justia.com/714/29/rau-klikit-71429825.html
Celiene! How did you find that??? Nice job, I'm impressed ;)
I was thinking Whiting and Davis too...it's a great piece. Hey Celiene, I absolutely loved that square piece...almost like a collar.
last comment...maybe bad meant bad a__ back then like it did in the 70's haha
Like I said, nothing in the provided information tells us that Rau made jewelry. W&D, on the other hand, produced that exact mesh which is confirmed by signed examples.