Antique Loose 8 + mm Akoya Pearls, 46 in All and 16" Long Strand, Need to be Strung, 8mm eglomise box but perhaps also imbibed a

but perhaps also imbibed a bit

I find only one spot where the hair weave is even rough at all

The box is not original to this item and is used only to show it off for our photos

Dom Pérignon (1638–1715) was a monk and cellar master at the Benedictine abbey in Hautvillers

also crafted in a style that would have been fitting in the time of Louis XIV

Antique Loose 8 + mm Akoya Pearls, 46 in All and 16" Long Strand, Need to be Strung, 8mm eglomise box but perhaps also imbibed aI bought these in France, just as they are, unstrung except as a way to hold them together. They're strung but not knotted and do not have a clasp. It is either the case that they were purchased and never made up into a necklace, or they have been kept awaiting being restrung, perhaps in a time when fashion moved to chokers rather than longer necklaces. The length as it is, without knots, is 16", and each pearl is evenly chosen at 8 mm or very