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Gold and emerald necklace: the necklace is composed of twenty-one emerald beads of varying size, though all in their natural hexagonal crystalline form, alternating with gold links. These links are flat quatre-foils made up of two figure-eight shapes soldered together. The form is probably intended to evoke a stylised knot of Hercules. The gold links are about 6.5 mm long. The clasp is of simple hook-and-eye form: the 'eye' is of twisted wire. At the hook end two gold links are placed together without an emerald between.
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