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Contemporary Necklace made of Freshwater Cultured Pearls with Gold Clasp, c. 2000

€ 489.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Contemporary Necklace made of Freshwater Cultured Pearls with Gold Clasp, c. 2000

Description

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

"Pearls, otherwise sometimes as precious as diamonds, are more modest in their effect as jewellery than these, we would almost like to say more poetic. It often takes a long time to collect pearls before they can be brought together in a necklace. It took five years, for example, before the beautiful pearl necklace that Emperor Frederick, as crown prince, presented to his young wife as a wedding gift was completed." This quote, from the Bazar. Illustrirte Damen-Zeitung, 40th volume 1894, no. 6, p. 57, is evidence of this: At the beginning of the 20th century, pearl necklaces still had to be composed of naturally grown pearls, which were about as expensive as diamonds of the same size. It was therefore a great sensation when the Japanese entrepreneur Mikimoto succeeded in cultivating pearls of consistent quality in the early 1920s. It was his invention of the cultured pearl that made pearl jewelry affordable for larger sections of the population. A lot has happened since the beginning of pearl cultivation. Initially, the cultivation of pearls concentrated on saltwater mussels in Japan, but it was only much later that beautiful pearls were also cultivated in freshwater mussels. The advantage of this is that several pearls can be produced at once in the much larger freshwater mussels. With a bit of luck, the resulting pearl will have a beautiful color and luster. This necklace is composed of fairly large freshwater cultured pearls. The pearls are strung in a graduated pattern and have a slightly baroque, oval shape. Their basic tone is a warm white with golden color areas floating on top: The pearls are marbled, each one is different, and the variety of color tones creates a beautiful, harmonious picture. A clasp made of high-carat gold turns the pearls into a necklace. We discovered the necklace in Saarland. The original guarantee card shows that the necklace was purchased in Saarbrücken in February 2000 for DM 2090.00 at the time. Cultured pearls such as these were new on the market at the time and a special treasure.

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€ 489.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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