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Auction description: "Authentic Signed Miriam Haskell Necklace, 3 strands of Various shapes of Gilt Filigree capped Baroque Pearls, Seed Pearls, Pearl spacers – Bib with a Gorgeous Floral Pendant - 3.5”L Pendant has Seed Pearls, Pearls, Rhinestones, Gilt Leaves, Pearls, Diamond Rondells, 22”L, 1960s, Total Mint.”
Description of necklace: Two strands of creamy-white, irregular, baroque imitation pearls with connecting pearls in a ladder shape creating a collar, each pearl separated by a white seed pearl. The necklace strands at the clasp end have two rows of small, smooth, white pearls joining at a single pearl separated by a rhinestone rondelle and then attached to a jump ring and the Haskell slide clasp. The central motif is attached to the necklace by more small white seed pearls at the center of the necklace strands.
The central motif consists of gilt metal leaves and flowers covered with 2mm white imitation pearls and rose montees. The center...
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Pink glass looped bead collar with box clasp, spring-wire bracelet and button earrings, by Larry Vrba early 1970s. Signed Haskell.
Haskell did not combine a collar style with a dangling motif.
The design of the fake does not follow the style or structure of a Haskell piece, but instead looks like two disparate entities that were joined together.
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Another example of a Haskell collar. Notice the substantial clasp used to support the weight of this necklace as well as the pink collar in the prior picture.
Then note, the small Haskell slide clasp used in the fake necklace, both in pictures 1 and 4. This clasp was not used by Haskell until 1975, contrary to the auction description ("1960s").
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