AKOYA SALTWATER CULTURED PEARLS, graduated, with original silver Art Deco clasp

GRADUATED STRAND Japanese Akoya Cultured Pearls, 7-1/2 to 3-1/2 mm diameters

Circa : 1930’s

Length : 17”, knotted on new pearl silk

Clasp : Art Deco openwork pattern, silver, rectangular, apparently unmarked

Fine nacre, surface and round, smaller pearls more barrel shaped, the last several smallest with some nacre wear;
unbleached un-dyed natural surface and color

In brocade vintage pearl folder from "Mermaid Pearls ... Tokyo"

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