Excerpt from Costume in England, Vol. 2: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century; Glossary
As they are mentioned in close connection with a lace of great pearls for Her Grace's neck, it applies to strings of pearls, stones, etc., as well as to goldsmith's work.
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