ANTIQUE FRENCH ART GLASS PENDANT LALIQUE STYLE
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ANTIQUE FRENCH ART GLASS PENDANT AND NECKLACE THIS GLASS PENDANT CAME FROM THE INVENTORY OF AN OLD JEWELRY FACTORY WHICH OPENED IN 1904 AND IMPORTED GLASS FROM EUROPE FOR COSTUME JEWELRY UP TO WORLD WAR 1. THIS PIECE WAS FOUND IN AN OLD BOX MARKED MADE IN FRANCE. EACH PIECE OF GLASS WAS WRAPPED UP IN OLD CREPE LIKE TISSUE PAPER. I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED 12 OF THIS TYPE AND 12 OF THE FLORAL TYPE WHICH IN ANOTHER AUCTION. I HAVE VERY FEW LEFT OF THIS TYPE ALSO. THE GLASS PIECE MEASURES 1 1/2 INCHES LONG AND IS 1 1/4 INCHES WIDE AT ITS WIDEST. THE GLASS HAS A STERLING SILVER BAIL AND IS ON A SUEDE CORD NECKLACE WHICH IS 16 INCHES LONG. THERE IS A 2 INCHE STERLING SILVER EXTENDER. AS I GET DOWN TO LAST PIECES THEY DO HAVE FACTORY FLAWS. THIS ONE IS A TINY DOT, ALMOST LIKE A POPPED BUBBLE. IT IS POLISHED SMOOTH, BUT IT IS THERE. I HAVE PROVIDED TWO PICTURES THAT SHOW THIS TINY FLAW. IT IS DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS GLASS IS 100 YEARS OLD AND ORIGINALLY MEANT FOR COSTUME JEWELRY.THAT IT HAS SURVIVED AT ALL ON ONE PIECE BY 2011 IS A NICE GIFT FROM CIRCUMSTANCE. ALL OF THE PIECES I HAVE LEFT EXCEPT FOR ONE (THAT'S 7 PIECES ALTOGETHER) OF BOTH STYLES HAVE FACTORY FLAWS.HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT CONSIDERED SECONDS AS THEY WERE SENT OUT FOR DISTRIBUTION. THESE ANTIQUE GLASS PIECES WERE MADE FOR THE LOWER COST JEWELRY TRADE. BUT, TO ME,
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