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Mid 19th century French rock crystal rivière necklace
A precious and rare to find French rivière necklace circa 1850s crafted in silver and gold, set with hand cut foiled back black dot crystals, in prinstine condition. The lights of these top quality rock crystals are further enhanced by the foils which gives this rivière necklace the shineness no less than a diamond necklace. Hand worked silver collets are backed of a layer of gold to prevent staining wearer's outfit. The rock crystals graduated from 0.8 cm to 1.3 cm, each hand made collet are especially made to fit the size of those top quality stones. As Anna Wintour's most iconic necklace, rivière necklace has become highly sought after in antique jewlery market.
smallest crystal Ø 0.8 cm, biggest crystal Ø 1.3 cm