Here is a fabulous vintage silver and pearl brooch by the Japanese Company Mikimoto, the most celebrated of Pearl jewellers. Mikimoto actually invented the technique for culturing pearls in the late 19th/Early 20th Century and the company still produce Cultured Pearl Jewllery of the highest quality today. I would estimate that this brooch dates from the 1960's and it is a classic piece. There are eight individual Mikimoto Cultured Pearls used to great effect on a simple swirled silver background. The pearls are arranged to make a kind of abstract flower. There are three large pearls of approx 6 mm in diameter and five smaller pearls of about 4 mms in diameter. This pin is a signed piece, it has their 'M in a clam shell' mark along with an 'S' for Sterling Silver, clear to see on the reverse. The brooch fastens with a secure roll-over type clasp. This vintage pearl brooch measures approx 2 inches by a little over an inch and is in excellent condition.
