An unusual silver guard chain that was made circa 1900-1910. It is composed of long rectangular links with a key design interspersed with long oval links with an elongated star design. The technique used is called “Niello” and was practiced by French and Russian jewellers. They heated, to melting, a mixture of silver, copper, sulphur and lead to create a gunmetal or charcoal grey tone, and poured it on to silver which had previously been gouged with minute continuous patterns that were geometric or taken from nature. The jewel was then polished. This chain is in fine condition and even the dog clip bears niello work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An unusual silver guard chain that was made circa 1900-1910. It is composed of long rectangular links with a key design interspersed with long oval links with an elongated star design. The technique used is called “Niello” and was practiced by French and Russian jewellers. They heated, to melting, a mixture of silver, copper, sulphur […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":100000037324,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5308],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"1":"product","6":"product_cat-uncategorised","7":"type-vintage-chains","8":"period-edwardian","9":"material-metals","10":"material-silver","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"