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Delicate, Celluloid and Sterling Silver Perfume Bottle Necklace. Bottle comes with working screw-top and perfume stick. Sterling Silver chain ...

This gorgeous necklace holds 16 stones all set in simple settings. The stones start with larger at the centre and get smaller towards the clasp and also has drop earrings to match. M...

A truly phenomenal early Art Deco aquamarine and diamond convertible tiara set in silver and gold, circa 1920. This beautifully handcrafted tiara c...

Peruzzi amethyst and sterling silver pendant necklace circa 1920. * Clear and concise information you want to know is listed below. Contact us right away if you have additional ques...

A charming sautoir, made from a delicate silver mesh chain - with a full tassel of cream colored paste pearls, onyx and marcasite, set in silver, suspended from the bottom of the cha...

A stunning 1920s Cartier-style sautoir, made from emerald glass, paste pearls and clear pastes, all set in silver, highly typical of the Art Deco period. Both the centrepiece and clasp bear the French hallmark for silver (as shown in two detailed photographs), the necklace made of melon cut, drop, round and handcutemerald glass beads and pieces, with cream coloured paste pearls and clear paste rondelles. Dramatic and elegant, detailed and crafted, this is a beautiful example of French Art Deco costume jewellery.

Art Deco silver link chain necklace featuring beautiful square azure blue crystals in open back settings, and a spring bolt clasp. The faceted crystals are raised at the front and po...

An highly elegant and delicate sautoir, made from a very long fine sterling silver chain, interspersed with cream pearls, diminishing in size as they recede up the chain. A full tass...

A charming and delicate silver necklace, set with clear pastes and moulded glass 'melon cut' oval ruby and foliate style cabuchons and beads, in high Deco style. it is of a wearable ...

A high Deco very stylised pendant necklace, from Germany in the 1920, an excellent example of the craftsmanship and design of the period in Germany. Set with rectangular cut amethyst...

A stylish sautoir necklace , with red, blue and clear glass of assorted shapes and sizes, all hand set in silver, made in France, during the Art Deco years. A classic, timeless neckl...

Mikimoto Kōkichi became fascinated with pearls as a young child in Japan. He would in time invent a process for creating what became the first cultured pearl —a blister pearl— and later seed pearls and half-pearls. In 1920 Mikimoto achieved his ultimate goal when he successfully cultured the first commercially viable round pearls. The necklace featured here is an extraordinarily rare and 100% original strand of early 1920s cultured Akoya pearls created by Mikimoto, the Japanese company founded by Mikimoto Kōkichi. This historically significant necklace pre-dates the 1937 World Exposition in Paris at which Mikimoto displayed a brilliantly innovative and unique jewel featuring his miraculous and perfect cultured pearls together with diamonds, emeralds and calibre cut sapphires: the Yaguruma Sash Clip. It was this piece of jewelry that placed Mikimoto front and center on the world stage. The early 19" Art Deco necklace you see her was created before Mikimoto had established himself as a legend. Composed of 101 luminous round pearls that range in size from 3.33 mm to 7.06 mm. The pearls display excellent luminosity and orient. They are a creamy-white color with gold overtones. These pearls more strongly resemble natural, uncultured pearls because of their thick, high-quality nacre. Nacre (pronounced NAY-ker) is the luminous, magical substance of which natural pearls are composed. Cultured pearls contain a bead of shell or tissue around which nacre forms. Nacre takes time to develop. But the longer a pearl remains in the mollusk, the greater the chances for irregularities and imperfections to occur. So one must balance the time allowed for thick nacre to occur while at the same time achieving a round pearl without blemishes or pitting. Today, it's common for a commercial-quality cultured pearl to spend as few as eight months in the water achieving a bead-round pearl with high luster but at the price of thin nacre which can wear-away in very little time. However, early cultured pearls like these remained in the water for much longer —sometimes years— resulting in a very thick layer of nacre. Which is why these pearls have such extraordinary luster and orient. "Orient" is the play of light —the glow— that seems to come from within the pearl and not all pearls display orient because thick nacre is required for this display to occur. For many years I sought a strand of antique Mikimoto pearls because I have always been especially fascinated by an artist's first work, not necessarily their most famous. Over the years I have encountered many strands of pearl necklaces...