Description:
Natural Pearl and Diamond Bracelet, comprising 140 pearls strung in five rows, ranging in size from approx. 4.83 to 5.65 mm, with old European-cut diamond spacers, approx. total wt. 2.65 cts., lg. 6 3/4 in.
Note: Accompanied by GIA report no. 6177330476, dated October 14, 2015, stating that the pearls are natural with Orient overtone, saltwater, Pinctada species, with no indications of treatment .
Provenance: From the collection of a prominent British American family. According to family oral history, most of the stones and pearls were purchased in the 1880s or 1890s by the family patriarch, a successful banker who maintained residences in the United States, Great Britain, and France.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
mount appears to be platinum plated with gold
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