I inherited this from my maternal grandmother who lived to be 91, still in her own little terraced cottage in The Street at Claydon, in Suffolk.
She possibly received this necklace as a gift around 1910 and I'd always thought it was ivory and crystal. One day I took it to a reputable jeweller and asked them to tell me. The verdict: plastic and glass.
I was surprised as I imagined plastic was not used for jewellery in that era. But a quick online search revealed otherwise and that bakelite, in particular, was fashioned into jewellery.
My grandmother was a cheery person, often laughing. I have lots of memories. Just one: she always wore a hat with a hatpin when she and my grandfather came out with us for the day, even to the beach. When I was little I used to wonder (worry?!) what happened to the sharp point of the hatpin inside her hat....
Loved looking at your other pics. Aren't they priceless. I wonder if people will look at ours in years to come. I did scrapbooking for about 10 years and have 10 albums that no one looks at except me. I did them for Luke, being an only child, so he has memories and narrative when I'm gone.
I feel that we all need to get to a certain age before we become interested in family history. The sad thing is that I had an album full of old photos given by my dad but he did not know who anybody was. I do have my family tree, researched by a good friend, plus several identified photos.
I am intrigued in the fact that if you saw this beautiful necklace in a shop today it would be very current......funny how stuff comes around again....the best never goes out of date!
Beautiful photography and yes when we cleared out Mum's house we also found many nameless photographs. My bother decided to donate all my father's war memorabilia to a military museum. My childhood memories are still with me.
Stunning capture of a great piece of memorabilia for you - who cares what it is made of - it's made with love :) And i loved your other old photos too!
This does look so modern! I did not think they would have had plastic either. The white beads look more old
School. I can tell you lived yur grandmother so much! She lived in such a fascinating era. Hat pins used to make me wonder too!
Oh yes I wear it quite a lot but have to be creful if I have a camera because the necklace is long with two arrangements as per my shot plus one large glass faceted ball in the centre which hangs low and could do quite a bit of damage to a camera screen!
What a priceless treasure, no matter what it is made of. I really love the old photos too. It really confirms the importance of having and documenting photos. They really are like little time machines.
Lovely necklace - if you like something, its materials matter not! Tina has a necklace I bought her in USA with a bit of anthracite in it - you'd never know! Nice image of this treasured item.
I feel that we all need to get to a certain age before we become interested in family history. The sad thing is that I had an album full of old photos given by my dad but he did not know who anybody was. I do have my family tree, researched by a good friend, plus several identified photos.
School. I can tell you lived yur grandmother so much! She lived in such a fascinating era. Hat pins used to make me wonder too!
Oh yes I wear it quite a lot but have to be creful if I have a camera because the necklace is long with two arrangements as per my shot plus one large glass faceted ball in the centre which hangs low and could do quite a bit of damage to a camera screen!
I don't think so simply because this one is quite long.