toasted36
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posted on January 26, 2004 08:35:47 PM new
I have this Faux Pearl Necklace with Matching Bracelet (demi parure?) It's a little ornate between the links and has some filigree on the latch pearl ...would you say art deco or am I pushing it a little. I looked around the Art Deco Category and it's such a wide variety of stuff it's confusing ! The Necklace measures 15-1/2 inches long (can be shorter)...feels like a super light metal like the stuff you get out of gumball machines now a days. Another bit of my mom's stuff but this could have been my grandmothers.I never saw my mother wear it.
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Roadsmith
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posted on January 26, 2004 08:43:14 PM new
How pretty they are!!! I thought the prop was a wienie but no--a finger! No clue about Art Deco or not. Are you absolutely sure the pearls aren't real? Did you do the tooth test?
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mcjane
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posted on January 26, 2004 09:09:47 PM new
Tooth test? How does that work?
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toasted36
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posted on January 26, 2004 09:09:55 PM new
Hi Roadsmith ! Thank you ! They feel smooth on my teeth so I'm pretty sure they are fake...A friend of ours taught me that last year...screeeeech lol the real ones are like chalk on a chalk board. I'll never forget that.
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toasted36
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posted on January 26, 2004 09:12:08 PM new
mcjane you need a real pearl to do it....first run a fake one across your teeth (it feels smooth) then run a real one (that your 100% sure is real) across them ....spit spit lol rough feeling like grit and have a metal taste...
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mcjane
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posted on January 26, 2004 09:13:17 PM new
Never saw pearls set like that, in prongs.
They are very pretty.
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mcjane
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posted on January 26, 2004 09:38:31 PM new
I don't have any real pearls, my sister does.
I'll have to try this on hers.
I can supply the fakes. 
Thanks, road & toast.
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sparkz
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posted on January 26, 2004 10:11:40 PM new
I'll be the first to admit that I know zilch about jewelry, but if I had that set I would sleep much better if I had a jeweler confirm that those are not real pearls before I even thought of listing them.
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paloma91
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posted on January 27, 2004 05:35:37 AM new
Let us know the results of your tooth test. I have a set that belonged to my grandmother that looks similar to what you have. Instead of pearls, I have coral. Mine is a ring and bracelet set both are gold. Does yours have any markings on either piece. They kind of look the sarah coventry to me. Are they marked gold? or gold filled?
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paws4God
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posted on January 27, 2004 07:35:53 AM new
I would think real pearls would be only on real gold. Also I thought real pearls were always hand tied. I recently sold some real pearls for someone and were they beautiful. I had never seen real ones. They were almost iridescent almost pink with a different look than fake. There were only 15 fairly small pearls on the hand tied strand, with a knot between each pearl, and then a tiny gold chain on each end for the necklace. The owner took them to a jeweler to appraise them and he said they were very high quality and were worth $650. If yours are on gold I would sure have them appraised toast!
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Libra63
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posted on January 27, 2004 08:04:49 AM new
Sometimes the older pieces of gold jewelry are marked on the jump ring close to either clasp. Sometimes very hard to read. Sometimes markes are on the spring closure. Your links look like they might be gold filled. The closure looks more like early 50's as I have never neen a closure like that on older pieces. I know nothing about pearls so I can't help you there. It is a pretty set.
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stopwhining
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posted on January 27, 2004 08:16:11 AM new
i bot some old hairpins from a lady who bot them from a jewelry store,one of the hairpins has a pearl set in prong just like yours,it is not real pearl.this style of setting is very old,turn of the century.
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ltray
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posted on January 27, 2004 08:34:32 AM new
I seriously doubt this set is older than 1950 due to the chain/hook closure. Judging from the basket setting on the end-chain-pearl, I would be willing to bet it is 1960. Also, real pearls would never be set in such a thin pronged setting.
It is a nice set, but still standard costume jewelry.
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toasted36
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posted on January 27, 2004 09:37:56 AM new
Thanks for all the input ! Their not set in gold cause a magnet will pick the chain up...just gold tone. Thats another reason I'm pretty sure it's faux pearls. I was just looking for a key word to put in the title like art deco or some other era type word that would grab more lookers .You guys and gals are the best ! Thanks !!
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tonimar1
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posted on January 27, 2004 07:39:32 PM new
Hi toasted
How about using the word, "retro"....meaning
: relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past : fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned <a retro look>
Faux Pearl Necklace & Bracelet Retro 1950's
Your set has a 1950's look to me, it was one of the many pretty styles I remember
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toasted36
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posted on January 27, 2004 07:55:48 PM new
Thats a great idea !! Here I was reaching for some key word and retro was right in front of my face lol I have used it alot but it just didn't dawn on me for this.Thanks tonimar1 !
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