17" Akoya Cultured Pearls Strand

17” GRADUATED STRAND OF JAPANESE AKOYA CULTURED PEARLS
Fine natural luster, surface, round & natural color.
Hand-knotted on pearl silk

(These retain their fine natural surface, predating the mid-1960's when bleaching & dying routinely replaced the time-consuming process of color matching by hand & eye.)

Diameters : 8 mm to 3.5/4 mm
Lock : openwork 14k white gold, with bead-set diamond center
Circa : 1930's

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