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I got this necklace and it has a strange mix of mostly silver cornerless beads, US coins from 1910/12 a Moroccan coin around that date, a copper centrepiece and base metal birds feet and triangle pendants. I wonder why all these things were mixed and if its an authentic necklace or made up for the export market?
This looks like a lovely treasure necklace. I think it is difficult to ascertain what is real and what is made for market -- even with original stringings unless you intimately know the history of the piece or have complete trust and confidence in the person who sold it to you. The elements of this necklace are so lovely -- and they certainly look authentic -- that I wouldn't worry about it. In my extremely limited experience with such necklaces, I have to admit that the so called authentic ones have been a bit more chaotic and random in design --not so measured in the placement of the elements. There are many on this forum who know more than I do, so , hopefully, they will chime in.
You are very lucky, Cordelia, with treasure necklaces! I like both of them very much
The previous one seems to have eluded me but this one I have.
I am with Patti!
Beside the stringing element (which in your necklace Cordelia is not original) to help give a sense of date and genuiness of a necklace, the biggest clue is the construction itself (more chaotic and personal as said patti) and to a lesser extent the matching styles of each of the elements: lets say that an original necklace from the south would have almost zero chance to bear a pendant from the north!!! But that happens in some very rare cases!