| Today very good friends came to spend a sunny Sunday with us in the mountains, and she wore the choker below, one of her less formal pieces (pearls in the 6mm range). It was purchased by her husband on a working trip to Tokyo in the 1970s. He had gone to Victor's Pearls, having been forewarned to stay as far away from Mikimoto as he possibly could. While round Akoyas were the objective, apparently a salesman at Victor's couldn't resist suggesting these.
I was impressed and insisted on taking a picture.
Clearly these are all-nacre pearls. Freshwater (original Biwa) or SS keshi?
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