A History of Pearls - Victoria and Albert Museum Video

History of pearls by V&A Museum

The film, by V & A Museum in London, guides us through history, beginning at 1,000 BC, and taking into account Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Victorian era, the jazz age, the importance of pearls in Chinese and Indian history, and even the revolutionary cultured pearls created by Kōkichi Mikimoto.