Dating Art Nouveau Revival Necklace

[bycin]

I am wondering if anyone can help with this... dating this piece? I *think* it's a revival piece from the mid80s? But someone told me it was earlier. I am not sure because of the faces, but the construction could be earlier. Any help is appreciated!

 

[Metro Retro Vintage]

The faces do look a bit retro, but can't say for sure without having it in hand. What does the catch on the chain look like?

 

[bycin]

Latch and close up of chain coming up! : ))

 

[joules]

Hi Cin!

I'm not really sure, but it looks 70s to me.

Laura is your best bet jewelry maven lady.

And to go OT, it seems very "Boho Cult Chic" a la The Source Family:
Check it out!
http://m.vogue.com/vogue-daily/arti...source-familys-seventies-boho-cult-chic-look/

 

[bycin]

So we have one vote for 70s! I'll tell you it SMELLS like one of those... that metal had a particular smell... so where is the famous Laura?

 

[thespectrum]

Laura is the pretty white kitty up above, she was your first reply

I think it's 70s too.

 

[bycin]

duh!! Of course she is Sorry, Laura... thought there was another person comin' 'round. lol

 

[Metro Retro Vintage]

I sure as heck ain't famous, although Miss Kitty seems to have a swelled head at times. ;)

These ladies are your best bet Bycin -- Julie and MS know their stuff, and it looks like 70's retro to me as well. Nice piece!

 

[joules]

The one and only ones, Laura and MS!

It's a neat piece, Cin. Never tried that 70s sniff test. Very interesting.

Aw shucks, thanks Laura!

 

[thespectrum]

Julie and MS know their stuff, and it looks like 70's retro to me as well. Nice piece!

Laura REALLY knows her stuff I have learned a lot from her.

 

[joules]

You can say that again, MS, as have I.

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

1970s for sure. I was a teenager then and I remember this exact same stuff in the shops. Might be very very late 1960s, 1969.

 

[bycin]

Well, thank you all, all you famous people!! lol So funny! So 70s. Someone put some doubt into my head when they said 1980s. I remember those being more resin and molded pieces and none having that smell. Yes, I smell a lot of jewelry when I scour the landscape. Can't explain it but I can.

 

[Metro Retro Vintage]

Yes, I smell a lot of jewelry when I scour the landscape. Can't explain it but I can.

That's super Bycin -- I bet you can smell silver from a mile away also. They say that the ability to sniff out metals is genetic.

 

[bycin]

Genetic? You pulling my tail, Laura? If so, that's cool. If not, boy, I wish I'd gotten some of my mom's ability to find some of the stuff she used to find. I watched her walk in and and of the nastiest Salvation Armies with limoge or tiffany, in minutes. She sure had a gift for finding the finer things in the lower of places. lol

 

[Metro Retro Vintage]

Genetic? You pulling my tail, Laura?

It is -- like the ability to roll one's tongue, lol.

If so, that's cool. If not, boy, I wish I'd gotten some of my mom's ability to find some of the stuff she used to find. I watched her walk in and and of the nastiest Salvation Armies with limoge or tiffany, in minutes. She sure had a gift for finding the finer things in the lower of places. lol

What a great story about your Mom and her sharp eagle eyes -- and Tiffany too? Wow, that is fab!

 

[bycin]

She found a Tiffany bag at a yard sale. Silver mesh. At a yard sale!