1930's 14k Gold Tubogas Necklace bimetal evidence of an old repair

evidence of an old repair to one shoulder

It's set with a central row of demantoid garnets

and dates to circa 1830

with eagle head hallmark indicating 18k gold

mounted on a period gold belcher chain

1930's 14k Gold Tubogas Necklace bimetal evidence of an old repairDATE: Art Deco, c. 1930 Dating to the 1930's, here we have a fantastic tubogas necklace Tubogas translates literally to gas pipe and is the name given to a type of chain formed from a pair of interlocking gold strips wrapped tightly together. This forms a flexible and hollow tubular chain that requires no soldering, and it was super popular during the second world war due to the scarcity of metals. This technique was used in Van Cleef & Arpels in