Antique Loose 8 + mm Akoya Pearls, 46 in All and 16" Long Strand, Need to be Strung, 8mm eglomise box NAPOLÉON III (Victorian) era

NAPOLÉON III (Victorian) era

each with their own little painting on wafer

a lovely box with eglomise (reverse painted) glass scene of the Paris Hotel de Ville

sewing and dressing implements

Antique Loose 8 + mm Akoya Pearls, 46 in All and 16" Long Strand, Need to be Strung, 8mm eglomise box NAPOLÉON III (Victorian) eraI 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