Below are two exquisite examples of rare red amber jewelry. We're not talking common place, run of the mill, phoney fossilized "amber" jewelry. The amber jewelry examples below are genuine antique pieces of Victorian era amber jewelry. Wish I never let them go! Never to be duplicated in their original form. Lucky new owners! Hope they realize how precious these pieces are.
Amber is a translucent fossilized tree resin that comes in many colors including shades of yellow, brown and orange. Amber that contains fossilized small insects is more desireable and valuable. Fake amber abounds and is made from plastics. It is also produced to contain small insects.
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c. 1880 Spectacular 8 carat (English, marked 8 CT) Victorian necklace with center olive-cut and six graduated zotten-cut cherry amber cabachons bezel set in frames with an applied twisted rope design enhanced with four small round bezel set cabochons. [SOLD]
c. 1890 to 1910 Arts & Crafts (English, marked 9 CT) flexible length yellow gold bracelet with six bezel set zotten-cut cherry amber cabochons. Safety chain. [SOLD]
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