Mixed Shapes Carnelian Strand Cast Strand of vintage 5mm rose

Strand of vintage 5mm rose montées

You can just barely make out the coin faces they are so worn

average size is 16mm long

Antique coin silver

one of a kind

Mixed Shapes Carnelian Strand Cast Strand of vintage 5mm rose28" strand of tabular, cylindrical, round, and bear claw shaped carnelian stone, finely cut and drilled in Idar Oberstein, Germany, and traded in Mali, West Africa in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Tabular are 32mm diameter x 6mm thick; Cylinders are 17mm diameter x 36mm tall; 2 20mm diameter round beads, 2 34mm tall x 5mm thick bear claws in the center. This is an excellent example of German Idar Oberstein stone cutting, material mined in Brazil.