End of 19th century Italian red coral necklace featuring natural Mediterranean coral hand carved barrel shaped beads in tomato red color with gold mounted faceted coral drops
Necklace weight: 46 grams
Coral beads are different in size and show some black spots and normal age wear, as common on this type of natural jewellery
It has original clasp and gold mounts
The clasp is not hallmarked, it was professionally tested for 14 carat gold
Measures: 23 cm long from the clasp to the center coral-set gold insert and 37 cm long from the clasp to the longest strand.
Drops are nearly 26 x 11 mm (gold mounts included)
Natural untreated CORALLIUM RUBRUM