Georgian Revival Blue & White Paste Rivière Necklace

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Georgian Revival Blue & White Paste Rivière Necklace

$1,900.00

Description

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-18^th 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