Diamonds and Pearls

Extravagant Vintage Necklace with South Sea Pearl & Diamonds in White Gold, c. 1980


€ 1,980.00 *
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Extravagant Vintage Necklace with South Sea Pearl & Diamonds in White Gold, c. 1980
Extravagant Vintage Necklace with South Sea Pearl & Diamonds in White Gold, c. 1980
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Hardly any other combination of luxurious materials has inspired artists as much as diamonds and pearls. Prince even named an entire album after these jewels, and this classic combination has always been popular, especially in the field of jewellery. This extravagant vintage necklace also combines these two special materials. It presents an unusual pendant on a delicate anchor chain: this develops from a circular shape set with sparkling brilliant-cut and octagonal-cut diamonds. Two further brilliant-cut diamonds lead to an expressive lattice structure of white gold struts, at the lower end of which a large pearl shimmers. The sea treasure has a slightly baroque drop shape and a silvery luster. The pearl is a so-called South Sea pearl, or more precisely: a South Sea cultured pearl. These are a rather recent phenomenon in the history of pearl cultivation. For a long time, only the Akoya pearls cultivated in Japan were of a quality that could compete with natural pearls. It was not until the late 1970s that pearls from various countries south of Japan came onto the world market. Japanese experts had successfully applied the knowledge of domestic pearl cultivation to the pearl mussel species Pinctada maxima, which had not previously been used in Japan and can produce particularly large pearls: The "South Sea pearl" was born. The design language is abstract and modern and therefore very typical of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Extravagant Vintage Necklace with South Sea Pearl & Diamonds in White Gold, c. 1980
Diamonds and Pearls
€ 1,980.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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