Art Deco Pools of Light Necklace, Rock Crystal Sterling Wire Wrapped Spheres

🪩ERA: 1910's to 1930's
🪩CONDITION: Good (see photos)
- wear is minimal given the age
- very minor scuffing and minimal scratching
- all spheres are intact and undrilled
- all but two spheres wrapped in sterling wire.
- no major flaws or defects to note
- brass barrel clasps and Jump rings
- sterling silver wire wraps
- spheres measure approx. 10.50mm
- total length on necklace is approximately 27"
- 36 total, with 34 spheres on the necklace
- 2 spheres are loose and missing wire, it's possible the spheres were pulled from the length of necklace deliberately to create matching earrings.

Jewelry featuring these mysterious rock crystal orbs, also known as... "pools of light" began to appear late into the Victorian Era, and became more prevelant as Chinoiserie jewelry started to trend and post WWI trade routes with Asian countries allowed for greater access to precious and semi-preciouse stones like jadeite, onyx, and crystal quartz.

Pools of Light were popularized by the flappers of the roaring 20's, these fashionistas often wore long strands of these wire wrapped orbs, which had a unique way of catching and refracting the light. True Pools of Light spheres are made of clear rock crystal quartz, they'll invert an image when peered through at just the right angle, and they're always wrapped with wire or a metal casing, as drilling through the sphere would diminish the quality of light.

It's also been said that In Chinese tradition, each crystal orb contains a bit of chi (good energy) within it, which would escape and be lost if the orb were to be drilled or otherwise damaged. Naturally it’s best to be wearing as much good chi as one possibly can!