Earrings of vintage Nepali resin beads,silver repoussé caps, amber and sterling silver. ervs914

Earrings of vintage amber resin beads with repoussé coin silver end-caps. They are finished with carved amber melon beads and. sterling silver wires. Newly assembled from beads sourced from a collector in Nepal in the 1970s. The earrings dangle from 6x8mm carved amber beads. The Nepali  beads measure 26x13mm. The total length from the top of the ear wire 56mm (2.2 inches).

These beads were acquired from a collector who purchased them in Nepal in the 1970s. The Tibetans sometimes applied gold or silver caps to the ends of valuable ancient stone beads such as etched carnelians, dZi and banded agates to conceal damage or reinforce fragile beads. This style has been copied in some vintage and contemporary silver-capped beads from Nepal. These  were made 50+ years ago and are much higher quality and have more character than the ones mass-produced today.