LARGE SPLENDID BALTIC AMBER VARI-COLOUR - VINTAGE FROM POLAND SOLID STERLING SILVER NECKLACE

LARGE AND SPLENDID STERLING SILVER BALTIC AMBER NECKLACE (PENDANT ON CHAIN) VINTAGE FROM POLAND

Not seen something quite like this before during my hunt for vintage baltic amber. The pendant is seriously large (a whopping 80 mm long x 13 mm across) and weighs a substantial 18,5 grams. It is flat on the back - all solid polished sterling silver - and domed on the front of the pendant (8mm high above finger). Even the bale is thick and quite wide, measuring 14mm from the top of the bale to the bottom and has an opening of a little wider than 7mm. The piece contains an array of different colours of real baltic amber - dark reddish brown, honey hue, yellow gold syrup and a butterscotch amber. The design is fascinating and really unusual. The baltic amber has been set in even segments and tightly packed inside the ring head that is encased in sterling silver on the sides and at the back. The amber lines up with the frame of the ring head in something of a large bezel setting. It comes from Poland and bears the hallmarks for its Polish origin, the jeweller signature, the specific assay for Gdansk and dates back to about the 60's / 70's. The chain is sterling silver snake link, 43 cm long and also bears the 925 hallmark for sterling silver. The necklace has buff marks in keeping with its age but otherwise in very good vintage condition. A real collectable! I also have a ring listed right now from the same jeweller and the same date if you like the idea of creating a set!

Measurements: 80mm long x 13mm across x 8mm high         Chain: 43 cm           Weight: 18,5 grams 

Please look at the specifications carefully as the photography enlarges the jewellery! 

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