Perle Blanche Necklace

We saved the most beautiful, antique mother-of-pearl buttons to create this show-stopper of a necklace.

Every carved pearl button is one-of-a-kind and over 100 years old, and each will vary slightly in its pattern but not beauty.  

The antique pearl is garnished with 10 tiny mother-of-pearl buttons in the bead chain and tassel. 

The biological name for mother-of-pearl is nacre. Nacre is formed from a blend of minerals a mollusk secretes to protect itself from foreign objects, such as sand, in its shell. The nacre wraps itself around the intruding object in layers, creating a pearl, and thus is called 'the mother of the pearl.' 

In this piece:

• Rare & collectible, hand-carved, antique mother-of-pearl button circa 1900
• Ten small vintage mother-of-pearl buttons
• Stamped brass tulip bead cap made today in the USA in vintage dies
• Antiqued brass chain
• The necklace length is 22” with a 4” extender
• Button and tassel length is 5”

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