THIRTY-ONE PEARLS "SPUTNIK STARBURST"

THIRTY-ONE PEARLS "SPUTNIK STARBURST"
1960's Japanese Akoya Pearls Brooch;

Rhodium-finished silver, with fine original "trombone" lock

The same early Space Age design expressed in the famous "Sputnik"chandeliers designed in 1963 for New York's METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.

Pearls : all very fine, with fine natural surface, natural silver-white color, half-drilled.
Center pearl 5-1/2--6mm, surrounded by thirty 4--4-1/2mm pearls

Brooch Diameter : 1-1/2"
Gross weight : .227 troy ounce
# moaa 17039 .................................................................SOLD