Vintage uranium glass faceted crystal bead Art Deco necklace - delicate pale yellow and blue beads that glow under UV light on foxtail chain

Vintage uranium yellow and blue glass beaded necklace with stunning Art Deco faceted beads. This type of glass is amazing as in the natural light, the beads have neon yellow and pale blue colours. However under UV light, the yellow glass beads give off a 'radioactive' looking glow and the blue beads become an unusual rose pink colour.

Interestingly, these beads are strung on a slim foxtail chain - a technique often used by Louis Rousselet in France. There are no other known characteristics of the beads or the clasp to confirm it is a Rousselet necklace (though he did enjoy creating uranium glass beads), so I am listing it as 'maker unknown'.

Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before melting. The proportion usually varies from trace levels to about 2% uranium by weight.

This is a collector's piece as well as fun piece to be wearing in a club or party with UV lights. The necklace fastens with a silver tone screw barrel clap set with a ring of channel set clear rhinestones. It has a length of about 17 inches.

The necklace is in very good vintage condition.