Platinum, Natural Pearl and Diamond Necklace, Circa 1930

The graduated single-strand composed of 63 natural pearls measuring approximately 9.85 to 5.56 mm., completed by a lozenge-shaped clasp set with kite-shaped, old European-cut and single-cut diamonds weighing approximately .70 carat, length 20½ inches.

Accompanied by GIA report no. 1132279058 stating predominantly natural pearls, saltwater. Accompanied by an SSEF report. Diamonds are approximately H-I color and SI-I clarity. In good condition. Violet Morrison was born in New York to Irish immigrant parents. She met her future husband, the wealthy clothier Clifford Brokaw, while serving as a nurse in a hospital where he was a patient. The couple were married in San Francisco in 1929. The natural pearl necklace offered here, that Mr. Brokaw helped design, was a wedding present from him to his bride. According to family history, it is one of the many beautiful gifts he was to give his wife over the years. Mrs. Brokaw left her nursing career after her marriage to become a full-time wife and mother.
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Violet Morrison was born in New York to Irish immigrant parents. She met her future husband, the wealthy clothier Clifford Brokaw, while serving as a nurse in a hospital where he was a patient. The couple were married in San Francisco in 1929. The natural  pearl necklace offered here, that Mr. Brokaw helped design, was a wedding present from him to his bride. According to family history, it is one of the many beautiful gifts he was to give his wife over the years. Mrs. Brokaw left her nursing career after her marriage to become a full-time wife and mother. She is shown along with her two children in the photograph reproduced here.