Fine Hand Carved Antique Georgian Coral Necklace
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The most special of finds and a wonderful piece for a collector, this antique Georgian period necklace of graduated hand carved red Mediterranean Coral (Corallum Rubrum) beads dates to around the 1820's or so.
Meticulously fashioned with a miniature precision, each of the little beads is prettily shaped in sympathy with the branch shape of the natural Coral and turned to the terminals, cut so the alternate beads cup each other. Many hours of work would have gone into her creation! A necklace such as this would likely have been a souvenir from the Grand Tour when visiting Naples, the ancient centre of the Coral industry in Italy.
The strand measures 16 inches, and fastens with a hand made base metal barrel clasp. We have had this necklace rethreaded. It is illegal to harvest Mediterranean Coral nowadays in order to protect the remaining Coral reefs.
