Two Rows of Pearls

Double-Row Akoya Pearl "Princess" Necklace with Silver Clasp, c. 1985


€ 590.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Double-Row Akoya Pearl "Princess" Necklace with Silver Clasp, c. 1985
Double-Row Akoya Pearl "Princess" Necklace with Silver Clasp, c. 1985
Description
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It was a great sensation when the Japanese entrepreneur Mikimoto succeeded in cultivating saltwater pearls on a large scale in the early 1920s. Until then, pearl necklaces had to be made from naturally grown pearls, which were about as expensive as diamonds of the same size. It was the invention of the cultured pearl in Japan that made pearl jewelry affordable and triggered a great fashion that has lasted to this day. This necklace consists of two rows of gently gradated, creamy white Akoya pearls with a good lustre. They show only slight signs of growth and are all very round. The pearls are arranged in a graduated pattern. A particularly large pearl forms the center of each strand, with the subsequent pearls then slightly reducing in diameter up to the clasp. The sterling silver clasp, designed in the shape of a stylized wreath, is set with another Akoya pearl. It comes from the company J. Köhle in Pforzheim, which was founded in 1872 and was known for its technically sophisticated and high-quality jewelry clasps and mountings for pearl necklaces, which were sold internationally. We date the necklace to the 1980s. The piece of jewellery came to us here in Berlin.
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Double-Row Akoya Pearl "Princess" Necklace with Silver Clasp, c. 1985
Two Rows of Pearls
€ 590.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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