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Thanks everyone for the advice and insights. I feel responsible for not putting my wifes jewelery in the safe, so I want to go out of my way to make her happy with these pearls. I will look out for someone that can restring them and read up more here about the process.

Patty to answer your question I have to tell you the rest of the story. A few weeks ago, the day before we left for the new country, the moving company came collect our house content. They sent 6 people who walked together through the house to confirm everything that needs to be moved and...

pattye, the length of the string from the first pearl the last is 15”. Including the clasp components it is 16”.

Which manufacturer marked the clasp with “silver” stamped on it?

Thanks Pattye, now that I look at the stamp on the back, if you turn it around it could very much be “silver” and not “871US”.

Thank you very much pattye

I spoke to my mother and here is some more information. She bought the string at the Shima Kanko hotel in Osaka in 1970 during the expo that was held there at the time. There is a Mikimoto shop. She also confirmed that it has been restrung once. My concern would be (1) if the string was sold as...

One more picture if I zoom in on the markings. It looks like it could be “871US” perhaps?

Thanks for the warm welcome and your assistance so far with my journey of identifying the pearls.

Some more photos

Hi, My mother gave these pearls to my wife when we left to stay in another country. She said I should insure them. Before I do that and go theough the effort to have them appraised for insurance, I would like to confirm the origin. She said she purchased them from a Mikimoto store in Japan in...