Glittering black glass microbeaded box bag with a tortoise Lucite top and dark brass hardware, and heavy black glass beaded handle. Black satin lining and snap close. 1940s. These bags are fabulous headturners. 7 1/2 inches wide, 5 inches long and 3 1/2 inches deep. The handle drop is 5 1/2 inches. Overall excellent condition. No losses to beaded exterior. There is a very very faint hairline in the Lucite at the clasp, not visible at a short distance...

Very glam statement making vintage sautoir with huge amber or tortoise color Lucite beads wired and mounted in goldtone metal. Top quality and very substantial. Great to wear alone or layer with other similar sautoirs. Circa 1970 or 1980. 44 inches long and 7/8 inch or 22 mm wide. Excellent condition. Display form is life size...

Amazing huge weighty clear Lucite bangles with bands of prong set very large brilliant strass rhinestones. One has a square center element. Circa 1990, probably French, from the same estate as the strass hair clips I am listing, which are marked Made in France. The bangles are solid squared off slice style. Great size -- 2 1/2 inches inside diameter, 3/4 inch wide and 3/4 inch thick. Overall excellent condition...

Stunning statement French long drop clip earrings with clear Lucite chain links and faceted glass beads surmounted by brilliant strass rhinestones, all mounted in dark brass tone metal. Circa 1990, probably French, from the same estate as the strass hair clips I am listing, which are marked Made in France. Great size -- 3 5/8 inches long and 7/8 inch wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail...

Beautiful Art Deco 1920s Bakelite barrel bead necklace with original screw barrel matching Bakelite clasp, in dark cherry amber color at the clasp lightening slightly to a lighter cherry amber color with some cognac in it, at the center. Tests positive for Bakelite with Simichrome. 59 beads not counting the clasp. It weighs 66 grams. Wearable length is 30 inches. About 7/8 inch wide at center. The largest bead is 27mm by 20mm and the smallest beads are 8mm by 7mm...

Beautiful long flapper necklace of early plastic beads carved with Chinese motifs. Possibly Chinese in origin. 1920s. Continuous strand. Hand knotted with matching thread. 52 inches long and 1/2 inch wide...

Stunning 1980s very heavy and substantial ebonized wood clip earrings with goldtone metal appliques in the form of African masks. Marked DOMINIQUE AURIENTIS PARIS. 1980s. 2 1/8 inches long, 3/4 inch wide and 1 1/4 inches front to back. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail. ...

Very big necklace by Italian designer Ugo Correani who designed for Lagerfeld, Versace, and others, in the 1970s and 1980s, in addition to having his own line. Goldtone chain links with black resin cabochons in a slightly asymmetrical arrangement. Hook clasp. Marked UC UGO CORREANI. 22 inches wearable length and about 1 1/2 inches wide. Excellent condition. Slight wear on the hook not visible when worn. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail. ...

Angled asymmetrical finely cross hatch carved and finished resin bangle in gold with what looks like gold leaf inside, signed and dated 1983 by the modernist artist Cara Croninger. It is marked CRONINGER '83. Since 1972, Croninger's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Europe, Japan, and the U.S., and she has also been featured in Vogue and other major magazines. The carving and leafing are very similar to contemporary Alexis Bittar technique. 1 1/4 inches wide. The inside diamete...

Beautiful very ornate necklace and matching clip earrings by the French maker Monette. I have had one piece by this maker before. Circa 1990. Very large molded Lucite beads are detailed in gold and mounted in heavy filigree caps, and connected with S shaped links. Top quality and beautifully made. Marked MONETTE OF PARIS and MADE IN FRANCE. Necklace is 44 inches long. The largest beads are 1 1/2 inches long. The earrings are 2 1/2 inches long. Excellent condition. One bead at the center ...

Spectacular carved wood cuff bracelet by the contemporary artist Patricia Von Musulin, with dozens of tiny sterling silver dots inlaid into the surface of the wood. Marked VON MUSULIN. Just over 1 3/4 inches wide, 1/2 inch thick, and inside circumference is 6 1/8 inches, including the gap, which is 1 1/8 inches. This will fit a 6 inch or smaller wrist. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail....

Very glam statement size contemporary Italian art plastic long bib necklace in clear Lucite with opaque white Lucite, and silvertone findings, strung on a thin black rubber cord. From an estate. One drop is marked FORME SPAZIO CIGOLA. This company makes jewelry and decorative objects from plastic. Wearable length is up to about 22 inches. The center drops 7 1/4 inches. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail. Display form is life size. ...

Fabulous vintage bangle in luminous white seamless Lucite, carved in a classic quilt pattern. Not marked but made in France in the 1970s. A great statement piece. 1 5/8 inches wide, 1/4 inch thick, and 2 9/16 inches inside diameter. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail. Display form is life size....

Fabulous vintage long sautoir necklace with a very wide variety of poured glass, glass based faux pearls, brass beads, and Bakelite beads, all wired in dark brass with brass filigree caps. Continuous strand and long enough to wear doubled. This piece is French 1940s or 1950s; the glass beads are French and I have had several similar pieces in different forms, all French, and I have had a signed Poggi Paris (now sold) contemporary piece made in this style. The plastic beads test positive ...

Fabulous very long necklace of graduated round translucent Bakelite beads simulating cherry amber, circa 1920. The beads test positive for Bakelite using Simichrome. It weighs 77 grams. This has been professionally restrung. The spring ring, which is marked 14K and tests positive for 14KT gold using jeweler's acid, is original. The jump ring side of the clasp was missing and the jump ring is a new gold filled ring. It is 40 1/2 inches long and 3/4 inch wide at the center. The largest bead is 18 ...