The large pendant is contemporary or recent vintage Indian. The trader from whom I purchased it said this is sterling silver set with a turquoise, I suspect the stone is actually chyrsocolla, but its difficult to tell for sure. There's an oval cut into the silver on the reverse side, so the stone is in contact with the wearer's skin. Delicately worked detailing. The melon cut turquoise beads are Chinese, probably magnasite or howlite, and like most stone coming out of China today are…
