Necklace of 18K (750) gold balls sliding on an 18K gold chain. Late 19th century. Length: 80 cm approx. Weight : 100,9 g Necklaces of this type were very popular in Marseilles, where people began collecting gold balls as soon as a girl was born, to make up a necklace and constitute a sort of savings. Michael C. W. Fieggen, Les bijoux des français, 2021, p. 199