Victorian Turquoise Paste Rivière Necklace

$3,300.00

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Victorian Turquoise Paste Rivière Necklace

$3,300.00

Description

DATE: Victorian, c.1860

A gorgeous antique rivière necklace set with 25 turquoise paste gemstones. The oval-faceted stones are set in closed foil backed settings, they're uniform in size and display the most beautiful vivid colour. It's crafted in silver throughout with a hook and eye clasp, and it dates from the Victorian period, circa 1860. 17 inches wearable length.

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:

Stones: 1.1 x 0.8cm

WEIGHT

33g

MARKS

No marks present, tests as silver

CONDITION

Excellent