Pearl and ceramic bead necklace

This necklace comprises 8mm white, near-round cultured pearls with   11mm ceramic beads and sterling silver spacer beads. The pearls are very lustrous and are offset by the blue and white of the ceramic beads, and the glow of the silver ones. 

The pearls in this necklace aare  cultured pearls meaning that they are created by pearl farmers under controlled conditions working with pearl oysters or freshwater mussels.  They are still considered  to be genuine pearls despite the fact that there is human intervention in their creation. Natural pearls are much rarer and thus far more expensive. Indeed it was only after Mikimoto started to produce cultured pearls in 1888 that it became possible for those other than the very rich to aspire to own them. As a pearl-lover I am grateful that I am able to work with pearls in all of their varieties, but primarily with cultured ones. 

Pearls are one of the birthstones for June

The necklace is finished with a sterling silver clasp and is 17" long