Antique Natural Pearl Stickpin

Description:

Antique Natural Pearl Stickpin, composed of one natural baroque pearl measuring approx. 11.96 x 10.66mm, gold mount.

Note: Accompanied by GIA report no. 2173329999, dated October 13, 2015, stating that the pearl is natural with Orient overtone, saltwater, Pinctada species, 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 $300-500


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