Beautiful vintage graduated genuine Apple Coral knotted bead necklace. 21 inches. nlja906
Beautiful vintage graduated genuine Apple Coral knotted bead necklace.
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Beautiful vintage graduated Apple Coral bead necklace. This 21” necklace weighs 80 grams.It has a brass S-hook clasp. The beads are individually knotted with silk thread and range from 9mm to 21mm. This is genuine apple coral, not dyed limestone.
Currently Apple Coral is becoming rare and hard to find in the bead trade since coral collection and mining was banned worldwide in 1992. Also the United States currently has an import ban on coral from the Philippines. These beads are from a collectors estate and were imported from the Philippines sometime in the late 1960's or early 1970's. Apple Coral is naturally a dark brick red; however it lightens with exposure to heat or extended direct sunlight. This results in beads that look like apples with shades of red, orange and yellow.
Currently Apple Coral is becoming rare and hard to find in the bead trade since coral collection and mining was banned worldwide in 1992. Also the United States currently has an import ban on coral from the Philippines. These beads are from a collectors estate and were imported from the Philippines sometime in the late 1960's or early 1970's. Apple Coral is naturally a dark brick red; however it lightens with exposure to heat or extended direct sunlight. This results in beads that look like apples with shades of red, orange and yellow.