Vintage Necklace with Three Rows of Akoya Pearls, c. 1975

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Vintage Necklace with Three Rows of Akoya Pearls, c. 1975

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This necklace radiates joie de vivre. Silky, shimmering Akoya pearls in three rows are held by a large, shining clasp. Two diamonds, red rubies and blue turquoises are set in white gold and form two sparkling flowers. The pearls are quite uniformly matched in color and size. They have a warm cream tone with a greenish, partly rosy overlay. Their shape is round to slightly baroque or teardrop-shaped, the surface shows few to strong growth marks, the lustre varies from very good to medium. The pearls therefore vary in their appearance in the light, but their uniform color and size create a harmonious, lively-looking unit. The hallmarks on the clasp show that the goldsmith's work was created in Italy, in a goldsmith's workshop in the province of Alessandria. It was then exported to Austria and hallmarked again in Graz: the shape of the hallmark shows that this took place after 1965. We think that the necklace was created in the 1970s, when floral motifs and bright colors were all the rage.

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In the early 1920s, the Japanese Kokichi Mikimoto (御木本幸吉, * March 10, 1858, † September 21, 1954) was the first person ever to succeed in producing and marketing full-round cultured pearls. Mikimoto was the son of a noodle restaurant owner and left school at the age of 13 to supplement his family's income as a vegetable vendor. Observing the pearl divers of Ise awakened Mikimoto's fascination for pearls. In 1888, he received a loan to open his first pearl farm together with his wife Ume. On July 11, 1893 - after many setbacks and a near bankruptcy - the first cultured pearl was produced. However, it took Mikimoto another twelve years to grow perfectly round cultured pearls, which were now indistinguishable from the precious natural pearls. In 1899, Mikimoto finally opened his first pearl store on the Ginza in Tokyo and from this point on, his business expanded internationally and became world famous, as Mikimoto only processed the best 3% of all cultured pearls into pieces of jewellery. Japanese cultured pearls were already available to European goldsmiths from 1924 at the latest, as a corresponding advertisement in the trade journal of Austrian jewelers, goldsmiths and silversmiths reveals (see Fachzeitung der Juweliere, Gold- und Silberschmiede, XVI. Jahrgang, Nr. 7, Wien 1924, p. 6).

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