Now that you mention it the yellow glass reminds me of 'greasy' beads. (Photo borrowed from the internet.)

Still hunting for my feather beads.

The item is a bolo tie. When I see them and I think of a late 1980s fashion trend in the USA, country music, cowboy boots, big hair.

I thought the cab might be some of the work out of Asia in the past few decades. No?

It does not match the style of cabs that I have seen from Europe, and I would guess China, not too old. But it is quite tricky to make a more educated guess....

but agree its also a popular colour in the far east...

Thank you very much for responding. The person with the glass cabochon deleted her post after half a dozen people tried to help her, and is no longer a member of the group where I saw it. Oh well.

I thought the glass work interesting. Thank you for your ideas on the topic.

I originally told her it was probably Asian (China or Indonesia). I asked here in case some of you might have other ideas. I explained that such glass pieces are made in workshops and shipped worldwide. The metal components come from jewelry supply companies. I might have popped her bubble of thinking the piece was artisan crafted locally from scratch.