(v499-1) scrolled Cherub brass Red Cinnabar and 50 similar items

(Internal #V-499-1) You are bidding on a beautiful, handmade, bead necklace with Cherub with bow and arrow, deer next to him, scrolled design around him (reproduction Victorian) brass piece pendant measures 4-1/4? wide x 2-5/8? tall with Chinese turquoise beads (14x8 oblong and 8x6mm oval) and Cinnabar beads - oval 15x9mm and turned beads 17x9 mm next to pendant. Necklace is 12.5? either side down to pendant, drilled and attached to pendant. Full measurement from safety clasp to bottom of pendant: 14? Gold safety clasp closure. This is a lovely necklace! Isn't the ore CINNABAR toxic? Indeed it is! The mercury in cinnabar is what caused hat makers more than a century ago to go mad (i.e. "mad hatter" as in Alice in Wonderland). Later, cinnabar was ground up, filtered to remove toxins, and used as a pigment in artist's oil paint called "burnt sienna". Today, when you see cinnabar beads, boxes or vases, etc. the only link to cinnabar is the color, as cinnabar is not used in the burnt sienna color any longer. The beads are actually carved of a lightweight WOOD, with a burnt sienna paint which is then lacquered. WE SHIP WORLDWIDE, see the chart for postage to your country.