This vintage glass necklace is another wonderful piece from the owner of the Palais Royale perfume bottles. Cyril tells me :

My wife has also got a Victorian necklace from the same source, pictures attached. It is 30 inches in total length.

Well I have to differ slightly on this necklace I think it is a bit later than Victorian most likely from the 1920s or 1930s. It is made of venetian glass hand made lamp work beads. The pinks, blue and gold combination would make this a very collectable necklace.  Each bead has been hand crafted over a hot flame with each intricate detail being a separate piece of applied coloured glass.  These are known as wedding cake beads . This term comes from the way the beads look as if they have had the decoration applied in the same way as icing is applied to a wedding cake.

I have no doubt that the beads here are genuine vintage pieces of jewellery but please do take care if you look on the interenet or eBay to buy wedding cake beads . These are still being made today with most being imported from China and India. The new ones have a slightly different appearance so pleas make sure you buy from a reputable source unless you know exactly what you are looking at.

A genuine venetian glass wedding cake bead vintage  necklace would sell for somewhere between £30 and £130 depending upon condition, colour, length and pattern of the beads.