Connoisseur’s Collection

Genuine ancient fossil amber  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber that came from a traveller from Jordan who probably picked it up from a traveller through Iran, who probably picked it up … you get the idea.  These amber beads perfectly hold a perfect 16thC Chevron bead  (click here)     that I bought in Morocco more than a decade ago when I was working as a designer in Venice, Italy. These would have been traded in the 1500’s, from Venice, across Africa and to the America’s. This is a rare, excellent and valuable specimen; cut especially to curve into other beads.  They make perfect pairing.  I mixed them with ancient black Yemen coral, antique silver beads from India and the Middle East, some silver studded black coral from a Yemen prayer necklace; some tiny genuine fossil amber beads, two silver good luck emblems from Morocco and a modern sterling silver clasp. Every bead is buffered and protected from harm and damage. What a lucky find.