Mixed Shapes Carnelian Strand Cast Antique coin silver

Antique coin silver

average size is 16mm long

silver earrings from South Asia circa 1900-1920s

Average size 22mm tall x 33mm diameter

Mixed Shapes Carnelian Strand Cast Antique coin silver28" strand of tabular, cylindrical, round, and bear claw shaped carnelian stone, finely cut and drilled in Idar Oberstein, Germany, and traded in Mali, West Africa in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Tabular are 32mm diameter x 6mm thick; Cylinders are 17mm diameter x 36mm tall; 2 20mm diameter round beads, 2 34mm tall x 5mm thick bear claws in the center. This is an excellent example of German Idar Oberstein stone cutting, material mined in Brazil.