AUTHENTIC VICTORIAN WHITBY JET CARVED BEAD NECKLACE

IT IS 22 1/2" LONG, WEIGHS 75.8 GRAMS

DEEP BLACK CARVED GRADUATED WHITBY JET BEADS

ARE FROM 7/8" TO 3/8"

FACETED WHITBY JET BEADS ARE 7/16"

PUSH-IN CLASP IS HIDDEN INSIDE

OF WHITBY JET BEAD 1/2" ACROSS

WHITBY JET IS FOUND IN ONLY ONE PLACE:

NEAR THE TOWN OF WHITBY IN NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK

WHITBY JET BEADS WERE IN FAVOR IN THE MIDDLE OF 19TH CENTURY

AS MOURNING JEWELRY FOR DEATHS OF PRINCE ALBERT

AND DUKE OF WELLINGTON

THE BEADS OF THIS NECKLACE HAVE A FEW CRACKS

WHICH IS VERY COMMON FOR SUCH A FRAGILE MATERIAL

AS WHITBY JET

VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION COMMENSURATE WITH AGE

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