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It is very beautiful whether coral or not. Here are some tips on testing for coral. I don't know whether you would want to perform such tests on a 'hidden' piece of coral on this necklace. There is often a blending of real coral and synthetic or glass beads on this kind of necklace.
http://www.wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/2434/testing-real...
I cannot help, but it looks great to me. I had to laugh about the "bidding frenzy", sometimes this happens to all of us, I assume...! I will try to look at the link from Anna about coral testing, as I have no experience with coral at all. I really hope for you that it is not fake.
Preethi. i m sorry foryou if you are sure that is fake. we had actualy today a discussion about fake items.
the nylon cord is not enough to say that is fake. can you please make a closer photo of the coral ?
did you test if it is silver or silver plated ? you bought it for sure as yemeni.
it looks , as anna said,verry beautiful it at least some important thing
It looks real enough to me without having a better close up! do the beads have a mark / stamp? Most of these necklaces were restrung at some point as the cotton fibre breaks easy.
i can see your coral is the real thing.
the "sponge coral" shown on the link is not a precious coral so comparisons would be misleading. that is a porous coral structure, naturally rough, that has been saturated with resin which is often tinted to enhance the colour.
someone has simply restrung the multistrands on nylon fishing line- a quick fix but not the best professional solution these days. it would have originally been on silk, linen or even horsehair.
in my classes i teach using spun nylon multifilament thread in appropriate colours that doesnt stretch.
the coral looks real to me.ofcourse, better close photo gives us for sure a good vue. i m a bit worried about the metal work ( not sure, just a bit worried )
preethi. as long it is only the nylon, it is no raison to stress at all
Preethi, I dont know how much you paid for it but your necklace is superb and very spectacular.......I am no expert at all as to what is coral or plastic or silver or not silver...... Most old necklaces have to be restrung as, if they are old, the cotton or wool will be worn.....As Ait says if its the only problem dont worry. The silver and the coral you can test.........if you wish!
I loved you mentioning the "bidding frenzy"..it happens to me so often, maybe I am not so mad after all! And I have made so many mistakes..best way to learn. If you are not satisfied with the result of your tests put it back on ebay!
Thanks everyone for your input. As it's the weekend, I thought I could swallow bad news if there was some :)
The overall look of the necklace is wonderful - very sumptuous. Which is why by bidding fangs came out I suppose....My first disappointment was that the threads were nylon - and not cotton or silk or whatever would have been part of the original configuration. The long finials at the end don't seem to fit somehow (but I could be very wrong here), and the work on the round beads doesn't seem very fine. My doubts increased when I saw that the small rectangular beads are not silver but are gilded. Photos of all these parts are below.
The hirz is about 8 cm long, and the whole necklace weighs 320 grams.
Unfortunately, I am terrible (read lazy) at selling things that I don't use. Swapping would be more my thing :)
Hi Preethi, It looks like lots of other people have commented. The coral looks real, though you may always find a couple of synthetics in even the best pieces. Lots of Yemeni pieces are strung on nylon. I think that restringing is a common thing as silk and cotton tend to rot. I'd say that nylon can be a *good* sign that things are old as it generally means that the entire piece, or all old components, have been restrung. Good and lovely buy with all of that coral; great texture!
Preethi.
the coral is 100 % good coral. the coral strang was originaly not on nylon, repared with nylon wire, you can see on the details that a coton or silk was used before.
i m still suspecious to the metal.if you say it is gilded, it could be that it is made later on. the coins have only one side or i see wrong ?
the pendant you call hirz is not supposed to be like this. the wire should not go throw it, but in the 3 or more eyelet on the hirz.
it is difficult to repare a small coral beads chine with cotton. it takes you hours to do it because of the small holes. it is the raison why they take nylon, it goes faster
coral is good, metal looks nice. the all together makes a nice necklace
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