Don't be afraid of the Sawfish!

Antique Natural Pearl Necklace with Diamond Clasp, ca. 1910

€ 2,390.00 ^*

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Antique Natural Pearl Necklace with Diamond Clasp, ca. 1910

Description

This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

"The beauty of pearls is worthy of the thousands of bold divers, the inhabitants of the Persian Gulf, the daring pearl fishermen of Ceylon and Japan, who do not fear the terrors and dangers of the deep, the encounter with sharks and sawfish, the deadly embrace of polyps, in order to bring the pearl shell, lying on the dark sea bed, to the bright light of the sun. With these words, the magazine "Der Bazar" described the hardships of pearl fishing in 1888. At that time, the cultured pearls that are common today were still unthinkable, for it would be half a human lifetime before the Japanese entrepreneur Mikimoto succeeded in growing pearls on a large scale in shells over nacreous nuclei. Only naturally grown pearls from shells from the bottom of the sea were available. This long necklace contains 195 of these genuine Oriental pearls, each of which was recovered from the bottom of the sea by a diver. One can hardly imagine how many dives were necessary to gather the pearls of this piece of jewelry, because not every oyster harbors such a small treasure. The natural pearls strung here are graduated, slightly baroque, but all of beautiful, slightly golden luster. A clasp of gold holds the pearls with a setting of diamonds and a split pearl in the center. Since pearls were sometimes as expensive as diamonds of the same size before the invention of the cultured pearl, as Queen Victoria's diary reveals, this necklace can also be attributed to a wealthy wearer. We discovered the piece of jewelry in Vienna and it was made in the years around 1910. We have had the pearls reknotted and strung so that its future wearer can enjoy it for a long time. The necklace with a total length of about 76 centimeters comes with a detailed appraisal by the German Society for Gemstone Appraisal, which we commissioned.

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Don't be afraid of the Sawfish!

€ 2,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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