10 MM PEARLS, 1 Carat ANTIQUE DIAMONDS (earrings available with or without matching diamond and pearls necklace)

ANTIQUE DIAMONDS & PEARLS EARRINGS, 18K Gold & Silver, Naples, Italy

Pearls : 10 x 10.05 mm early saltwater Japanese Akoya cultured pearls, each half-drilled, with fine heavy nacre & luster, natural color

Diamonds : 6, antique cushion / old mine brilliant cut, 1 carat approx total (avg .19 ct, SI - I 1)
Circa : 1st third of the 1900's
# lbr 17006 a Earrings ...........................SOLD

Matching 17" NECKLACE
Diamonds : Four antique cushion cut (old mine brilliant) diamonds total 2-1/3 ct;
Pearls : early Japanese Akoya saltwater origin, heavy nacre, fine lustre, natural color silver' white with natural variations, 9.75 x 9.0 & graduated 8.0 - 3.5mm
Necklace length : 17"
Professionally cleaned & knotted on pearl silk.
Metal : 18k yellow gold; diamonds set in silver “leaf” and “bud” shape collets
diamond details :
(1) 1.05 carat,, VS clarity, J color; (2) .66 carat, SI 1 clarity, H-J color; (3) & (4) pair .60 carat SI 1 clarity, H-J color.

# lbr 17006.................................SOLD

Provenance : Leonardo Gaito, jeweler in Naples since the 1864, by direct descent from the original owner