!920's Pressed Glass Bohemian Flapper Bead Necklace - Turbanned Head Detail(SOLD)

This is an amazing necklace made up of 90 individual press-moulded glass beads.  The beads date from circa 1920's and are probably Bohemian.  The most exciting bead on this necklace is the three-dimensional turbanned head which is central to the design.  It  is approx. one and a quarter by three quarters by three quarters of an inch.  There are four perfect elephant beads and a series of decorated cylinder beads and rounds which have the appearance of beads from antiquity.  These necklaces were much loved by flappers and are sometime's known as 'Flapper's Beads'.  Most of the beads are ivory cream with the details picked out in brown and to contrast there are some red melon type round beads with the detail picked out in green.  I would think that these beads are on their original silk with knots in between each, yet the necklace appears strong and wearable. The length is 30 inches all round to the Turbanned Head Bead with a further  four and a half inches making up the drop which includes the head.  The necklace slips easily over the head and does not have any kind of clasp.  It is in good vintage order. A similar necklace appears on page 164 in the reference book  'Baubles, Buttons and Beads - the Heritage of Bohemia' published by Shiffer publications, ISBN 0 -88740-467-7.  I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in antique beads or vintage costume jewellery.