Edwardian Natural Pearl and Diamond Necklace

Some will be wearing diamonds, some pearls. You can wear a stunning combination of both the next time you step out for any glamorous affair. Striking and utterly distinctive in design, this exquisite Edwardian necklace presents an open teardrop shape of bezel-set single-cut diamonds surrounding a lustrous dangling pearl, all of which suspends from a larger diamond-set drop. This artful combination joins to a crescent of gleaming graduated pearls--accentuated on each end with European-cut diamonds-- 'floating' in a curved diamond-set frame (this element once could be worn as a brooch; the original pin stem has been removed and is included with the necklace). Get ready to stand out from the crowd. Total diamond weight, 2.58 carats. Hand fabricated in platinum, chain measures 15 inches (17 1/2 including pendant). Total diamond weight, 2.58 carats. Hand fabricated in platinum, it measures 17 1/2 inches (including the pendant width). When it is not gracing your neck, this lovely necklace rests in its original box printed with the German jeweler's name, Hugo Schaper* *Hugo Schaper (b. 1844, d. 1915) was a Berlin court jeweler. He opened his shop in 1875. Later his son Carl Hugo Schaper took over.