Antique Loose 8 + mm Akoya Pearls, 46 in All and 16" Long Strand, Need to be Strung, 8mm eglomise box also known as hair art

also known as hair art or hair jewelry

or a cut of a lucky card or a note or lock of hair rests behind the portrait miniature

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

NAPOLÉON III (Victorian) era

Antique Loose 8 + mm Akoya Pearls, 46 in All and 16" Long Strand, Need to be Strung, 8mm eglomise box also known as hair artI 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