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<p>[QUOTE="MaJa, post: 4186801, member: 14649"]The first cultured pearls (Mikimoto) were only used in jewellery starting around 1925. </p><p>Given that the pearls are also set with prongs (I would expect a kind of cup/bowl shaped setting), I assume that the brooch has been reworked at some point (1930s?), the rollover clasp added, pearls instead of some kind of stone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MaJa, post: 4186801, member: 14649"]The first cultured pearls (Mikimoto) were only used in jewellery starting around 1925. Given that the pearls are also set with prongs (I would expect a kind of cup/bowl shaped setting), I assume that the brooch has been reworked at some point (1930s?), the rollover clasp added, pearls instead of some kind of stone.[/QUOTE]
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