SPECIAL French HEAVY 28g 18k Gold 59" Extra Long Guard Chain Early VICTORIAN Muff Necklace Cube Ball Rivet Pendant Holder

ABOUT:

It's that time of year again for Mouse to clean out her house! So I'll be bringing you some releases from my personal collection this week including this one!

No exaggeration - this is the best chain in my personal collection but I am releasing it because it is not a need for me right now - unfortunately for me, but fortunately for one of my customers! : )

This Victorian antique beauty measures almost FIVE FEET in length - she's almost as tall as your girl over here! She does have a clasp to open end to end so I would often wear it wrapped four times around my neck as a super thick choker. It can also be worn doubled, tripled, draped, some strands longer, others short, etc.

She is a special fabrication - French antique with multiple hallmarks including their stamp for 18k gold that was used primarily in the 1800s and discontinued by 1918 which confirms the age and "antique-ness" of the piece. The links are wonderful, alternating floral embossed and scalloped links. As an added detail there are 3D oval links that have tiny ball rivet details and a green gold strap around the middle for a multi colored accent. These are flanked by cube links for an added geometry. The piece has nine of these design accents interspersed throughout the chain with all of the links still having that textbook victorian embossed detail alternating with the scalloped shape.

Everything about it is so interesting to me. And wow does she glow. With that warm, rich, rosy but still with a buttery glow, solid gold, antique patina that can't be found on modern jewelry. I purchased this one in Paris. It does seem to read on the rosier side, not the vibrant pink of modern rose gold but an antique gold with a rosy warmth. Love to find this patina!

Any props or additional items not included. Please note the measurements as I have small fingers and it can be difficult to determine scale from pictures.

MEASUREMENTS:
Chain links are a 3mm and 4.4mm gauge as the scalloped ones are more circular and the embossed ones are oval and they alternate.

Over 59 inches of linear antique chain, so almost 5 feet. The sturdy piece weighs just under 28 grams.

IMPORTANT CONDITION NOTES:

All my pieces are pre-owned and in estate condition. Perfect rich antique patina, no condition issues to report aside from expected surface wear. The links were formed by curling gold so they do have seams and vacant space when studying the inside edges of the links under magnification but it still has a very nice weight and this is just how it was made.

It can get a little bit hung up on itself when the cube links seem to catch sideways on the oval links but that is not a condition issue, it is just how it was made - many fancy link chains act in this way and may just need the occasional adjustment, the same way you would adjust a ring to face up, or spin a bracelet to face up, etc.

Please note that all my pieces are pre-owned and in estate condition. They will have patina, surface wear, a few small nicks. These pieces may also have evidence of a sizing, some build up around the stones and / or inclusions seen under magnification, typical for antique pieces. I have mentioned any noticeable issues above and they are all still wearable and eager to be loved and accepted for many years to come, (the preservation of antique jewelry, even those with signs of their age and history, is important to me. : )
But - Please note due to age, this piece is not in mint condition. Pictures also serve as part of the description and condition report so please utilize the zoom feature which will magnify any wear significantly more than what is visible to the eye while wearing : )

SOCIAL:
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