22-1/2" Graduated Strand of Japanese Akoya Cultured Saltwater Pearls

Pearls : very good natural nacre & color, luster, surface and round
Diameters : 7-1/2--8mm graduated to 4.2 mm
Circa : 1950'

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

Lock : oval with engraved pattern, half-drilled 3mm single pearl; lock marked "SILVER"
All original and with period box; cleaned & professionally restrung with knots on new pearls silk

# 30079 ............................................................. SOLD