Vintage Francoise Montague (unsigned) necklace & earrings set demi-parure, unusual gold tone cup beads with crystals, clear and brown glass fringes leaf Fabulous antique Whitby jet necklace

Fabulous antique Whitby jet necklace with three central strands and large polished beads

I haven't seen this exact design before and it is adorable

stamped with '1/20 12K on sterling' showing that the yellow gold (or perhaps 'green' gold as it is sometimes called) and rose gold on alternating links is 12 carat gold filled over sterling silver

individually hand-knotted and separated by faceted French jet glass spacer beads

It is provided in the little hinged presentation box as pictured

Vintage Francoise Montague (unsigned) necklace & earrings set demi-parure, unusual gold tone cup beads with crystals, clear and brown glass fringes leaf Fabulous antique Whitby jet necklaceStunning 1960s designer collar necklace and matching earrings (for pierced ears) attributed to French designer Francoise Montague. She loved to use cup or flower shaped bead caps and here has placed rows of them all around the necklace and embellished each with a central clear crystal bead. Behind these pretty floral rows are intricately woven rows of faceted glass beads in clear and topaz orange brown aurora borealis crystal colours. The necklace has