2 STRAND NECKLACE AKOYA CULTURED TADPOLE PEARLS 23 & 24 PEARLS ARE FROM JAPAN

2 STRAND NECKLACE AKOYA CULTURED TADPOLE PEARLS 23 & 24 PEARLS ARE FROM JAPAN

PEARLS: 111 PEARLS CREAM/WHITE CULTURED FROM 7.02 TO 8.03mm. STRUNG ON WHIT CORD HAND KNOTTED
CLASP: 3 STRAND STERLING SILVER GOLD PLATED SOME PLATING HAS WORN OFF
3 STRAND CLASP WAS USED DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE PEARLS 

THE PEARLS WERE CULTURED IN JAPAN IN AKOYA SALTWATER OYSTERS
SAME TYPE OF OYSTER AS SERVED IN A FINE RESTAURANT    
UP TO THE EARLY 60's TADPOLE PERLS WERE DESTROYED AS
THEY WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE ONLY ROUND PEARLS

THEY FOUND PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN BAROQUE PEALS SO
NO LONGER DESTROYED
THIS SIZE OF THESE PEARLS THICK NACRE LUSTER MEANS THEY WERE IN THE WATER FROM 3 TO 4 YEARS
BEFORE HARVESTING THIS IS WHY THE LARGER SIZE PEARLS ARE MORE COSTLY
THEY CAN ONLY CULTURE 2 LARGE PEARLS IN AN AKOYA OYSTER AT ONE TIME
5 PEARLS IF THE PEARL SIZES ARE SMALL & SHORTER TIME FOR GROWING

FROM THE ESTATE OF ANN # 39 KEPT IN A BOX WHEN NOT WORN.

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