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Such an elegant necklace Frankie, and rare! I was wondering how it was id'ed as made in the early 1800's....
Thank you, Preethi. I love it! Yours too! The same with your yusr beads.
The seller had given the information that it was from the early 19th Century. Since I know no better, I`ve just gone along with what he said.
Perhaps I should add that it`s the style and/or the beads that dates from the early 1800s since it is quite evidently restrung.
Such a lovely necklace Frankie, well done!!
love the soft colours!
Eva, I`m not sure how your monitor shows the colours but mine is showing them truly - the pink beads are soft in colour. And the red ones are not bright red. I don`t know enough about dyeing coral to know if the pink beads are dyed. Would they show white parts if they were? I don`t know. I`d love opinions on this. I`m pretty sure the smaller red ones are natural.
@Frankie:Yes, they are soft in colour. That is how I see them on my screen and why I like them, that soft pink. I have no knowledge about dyed corals. We have to wait for someone else to know. .....
Frankie you can detect dyed coral by sawing one bead through. When the inside is white or cream it is dyed coral. (I have done this to learn about the different types of coral). The dyed coral (very cheap mostly but also sold as the real thing by not so honest dealers. When you put dyed coral in the light for a longer time, a year of so, they lose their color too. This I learned from a dealer who had such a strand of beads in the shop window and it lost a lot of color.
When you have seen a lot of color you can see the difference between the real thing and the fake.
I can post a string of this coral before it is dyed if people would like so.
Many thanks for that good information, Harald. If one can see more than one colour ( eg pink/red and white) on the surface of a fairly smoothly finished coral bead, would that indicate that it`s likely not to be dyed?
I for one would like to see your photo, please.
The real red coral can have , in one bead for instance, different colors. Sometimes in the Yemeni beads I see white patches or darker ones and it is not dyed. The more uniform the color is and the more smooth the surface the more expensive the bead is. The angelskin (very highly prized in Egypt and China I think) is ver smooth and uniform in (very light pink) color.
The dyed coral is a different species from the red coral. It is made from bambu coral from the Chinese sea. This stuff is cream colored and looks like bambu stalks. They get this stuff in huge amounts from the sea, I suppose it is real bad for the environment.
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