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Vintage Necklace With Two Rows of Akoya Pearls by Mikimoto, Wiesbaden 1971

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Vintage Necklace With Two Rows of Akoya Pearls by Mikimoto, Wiesbaden 1971

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It was a sensation when the Japanese entrepreneur Kokichi Mikimoto succeeded in cultivating saltwater pearls on a large scale at the beginning of the 20th century. Until then, pearl necklaces had to be made from naturally grown pearls, which were often as expensive as diamonds of the same size. It was the invention of the cultured pearl that made pearl jewellery affordable and triggered a great fashion that has lasted to this day. The pearls in this necklace were created by the pearl pioneer around 1970. The pearls are arranged in two strands and knotted individually. Their quality is outstanding: they are very round, have a very good lustre and are uniform in size. Their colour is a warm white with a slight pink overlay. The surfaces of the pearls show very few growth marks. A certificate of guarantee from the Wiesbaden jewelleer Ernst Wulf has survived with the necklace. It confirms the origin of the pearls from Mikimoto's cultivation in Japan's Ago Bay. There is also a date: the necklace was purchased in Wiesbaden in October 1971. A decorative white gold clasp with a large moonstone in an entourage of dark blue sapphires holds the necklace securely around the neck. The company logo of the traditional J. Köhle company is embossed on the back. The company, founded in Pforzheim in 1872, existed until 2019 and was primarily known for its high-quality clasps for pearl necklaces. The necklace is a wonderful piece of jewelry that can still be worn to great effect today.

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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 successfully produce and market 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 seller. 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 jewelry.

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