Post: Post Reply: I recollect selling brass clasps like this in the 1990s by beadiste

Original Message: I recollect selling brass clasps like this in the 1990s

Based only upon personal observation from taking apart vintage necklaces, earlier twisted "jeweler's wire" aka "tigertail" doesn't seem to have had the plastic coating characteristic of wires sold in the later decades of the 20th century. Also fewer wires in the older twisted cables - 3 to 7, IIRC.
Guessing this is a comparatively recent design assembled from older beads from the African trade.
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Original Message: I recollect selling brass clasps like this in the 1990s
Based only upon personal observation from taking apart vintage necklaces, earlier twisted "jeweler's wire" aka "tigertail" doesn't seem to have had the plastic coating characteristic of wires sold in the later decades of the 20th century. Also fewer wires in the older twisted cables - 3 to 7, IIRC. Guessing this is a comparatively recent design assembled from older beads from the African trade. Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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