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so the necklace looks the same front and back

In some lights there can be seen in places a slight golden glow of the brass underneath the thin chrome plating as it has thinned over the years

which is common with this early plastic

Vintage Art Deco carved rock crystal (or poured glass) melon / pumpkin bead necklace, hand knotted, with sterling silver and marcasite clasp fierce mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050Fantastic rock crystal (or French poured glass) pumpkin bead necklace. I believe it is rock crystal rather than poured glass because I have had it tested. However, I have had customers dispute this in the past so I am describing the equally sought after poured glass examples below to show that either type is as valuable as the other. Many mouded or poured glass beads were made this way to imitate natural gemstones as well, for example by the House of