Edwardian Sapphire & Natural Pearl Necklace

A pretty string of naturalA natural stone is called such because it has not been subjected to any treatments.  pearls interspersed with sapphires. These strings were generally imported from India in the early 1900s. The clasp is 9ct37.5% pure gold (or 375 parts pure gold and 625 parts other metals) white goldWhite gold is an alloy of gold and at least one other white metal – most often nickel or palladium (both of which act as a bleaching agent to reduce the natural yellow colour of the gold)..