| Original Message: An aventurine sommerso cabochon clasp puzzle |
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Removed this string and clasp from a long strand of about 160 rootbeer brown "Russian" beads, and wonder if anyone here has seen anything like it - a box clasp that seems to feature a sort of fishhook as the tongue. It's quite tight and secure. The glass cab is secured to the clasp with a pin (i.e., a hole drilled? from the back, over a little metal post, secured with glue judging from the gas bubbles, that does not break the surface of the cab). Age? Victorian? c1900? 1930s? 1950s? Anyone care to make a guess? I haven't burnt a snip of the string to see what it's made of. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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