Installation image of 'Pearls' / © Victoria and Albert Museum

Installation image of 'Pearls' / © Victoria and Albert Museum

Installation image of 'Pearls' / © Victoria and Albert Museum

Installation image of 'Pearls' / © Victoria and Albert Museum

Installation image of 'Pearls' / © Victoria and Albert Museum

Installation image of 'Pearls' / © Victoria and Albert Museum

Installation image of 'Pearls' / © Victoria and Albert Museum

Installation image of 'Pearls' / © Victoria and Albert Museum

Installation image of 'Pearls' / © Victoria and Albert Museum

Photo © Creutz/ © Geoffrey Rowlandson

A rare selection of natural pearls from the Qatar Museums Authority Collection/ Photo © Creutz

'Frozen' by Sam Tho Duong/ © Marc Pelletreau & Samaar Kassab, QMA

Earrings, gold with natural seed pearls and diamonds/ © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Necklace, natural pearls set in coloured gold/ © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Necklace, natural pearls from the Gulf with platinum and diamond clasps/ Photo © Sotheby's

Cross pendant, gold with rubies and natural pearls/ © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Lady Rosebery’s pearl and diamond tiara/ Photo © Christie's Images

Bodice ornament, gold with enamel, turquoise, abalone pearl and mother-of-pearl/ Photo by Rudiger Floter © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2013

Brooch, natural brown pearls set in platinum and diamonds/ © Albion Art

Gold hair ornament, set with natural pearls, emeralds and sapphiews/ © The Trustees of the British Museum