The torsade necklace composed of seven rows of peridot beads, to a spherical clasp pavé-set throughout with circular-cut peridots, length approximately 470mm, signed Jörg Heinz, numbered.

Clasp signed Jörg Heinz Original 1034232. Peridots mid green, transparent, some typical inclusions visible under magnification, a few surface reaching inclusions. Some surface wear to stone surfaces such as light scratching, some rubbed areas around drill edges and facet edges, a few with chips and minor fractures. Metal surfaces with very fine surface scratches. Clasp closes securely. Overall condition good. Accompanied by case.
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Jörg Heinz (b.1942) is an award-winning jewellery designer based near Pforzheim, Germany, whose necklaces are particularly noted for their innovative and tactile spherical clasps, the particular fastening mechanism of which he perfected in 1974.