Mikimoto's Invention

Vintage Graduated Two-Strand Cultured Pearl Necklace, circa 1950


€ 1,290.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Vintage Graduated Two-Strand Cultured Pearl Necklace, circa 1950
Vintage Graduated Two-Strand Cultured Pearl Necklace, circa 1950
Description
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Like hardly any other piece of jewelry, the pearl necklace made of fine saltwater cultured pearls can claim the status of a classic. However, this was only made possible by Kokichi Mikimoto, who at the beginning of the 20th century was the first person in Japan to succeed in breeding and marketing full-round saltwater pearls. This invention was so remarkable that another great inventor congratulated it: Thomas Edison, to whom we owe the light bulb. "It is one of the wonders of the world that you were able to culture pearls," Edison wrote in a letter to Mikimoto in 1927. Previously, ladies had often had to spend years collecting individual natural pearls until they had an entire necklace - unimaginable today. This is how the pearl necklace came to adorn every well-stocked jewelry box a few decades later. It is hard to imagine the necks of Hollywood actresses of all years without it. For almost every budget, jewelers put together pearl necklaces, but the number and quality of the pearls, as well as the preciousness of the clasp. The present necklace with two rows of fine pearls with creamy luster is a high-quality piece of jewelry even today, more than 70 years after its creation. Its double row of fine cultured pearls graduated is in keeping with the taste of the 1950s. The clasp, made of yellow and white gold, is restrained and classic. We have had the necklace re-strung so that it can now be worn again without worry.
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Vintage Graduated Two-Strand Cultured Pearl Necklace, circa 1950
Mikimoto's Invention
€ 1,290.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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