Lot 1137 , Victorian amber necklace with silver plaque & clasp.

A Victorian double strand graduated amber bead necklace, with amber and blue guilloche enamel set oval clasp and engraved oval silver plaque decorated with seed pearls modelled as a basket of flowers with bird, on a blue guilloche enamel ground, gross weight 96 grams, 19.5in.
Estimate £1,000-1,500

Both the clasp and the oval panel are in good order.
There is some minor crazing and surface cracks to one bead.
Two other beads each have a tiny surface chip, three others each have a minor surface chip and two others each have a larger surface chip.


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Sold for £2,200