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A Poem about the Budget on Pearls A Poem about the Budget on Pearls An Oda to the Budget on Pearls Budget for pearls is something like Harry Potter potions: You take a bit of your regular budget, And add something which was successfully moved From one of your pockets to another one...

One more: Brilliant Europe. Jewels from European courts. Ed.by D.Searisbrick, Ch.Vachaudez and J.Walgrave. 2007. ISBN 978 90 6153 7748 The publisher is Fond Mercator. Thew have a website http://www.mercatorfonds.be, where one can buy it online.

I think I got it. In 'Brilliant Europe' there is a photo of Alexandra, the wife of Edward VII (is this the mother-ib-law of Queen Mary), wearing what looks to me a very much similar choket, it least the size of pearls and the small diameter of the necklace looks very much familiar. It could be...

Thanks, Inge! No, I don't have this book (yet) but I am going to find out. I'll look in another one downstairs, 'The Brilliant Europe", the catalogue of the recent exhibition in Brussels. This is a very good source!

I think here is a couple of pearls (or at least one) which are VERY purple:

Sheri, this is really amazing! And the colour is the colour of deep ocean waters!

I have a book in front of me right now with a full description of the most important pieces from Duchess of Windsor's Jewelry collection sold on Sothby in 1987 (S.Papi&A.Rhodes. Famous Jewelry Collectors, 1999) And here it is, the 28 pearls necklace, given to her by Queen Mary (the only piece...

About how old is the piece: I just read that one of the indicators is the lock on the brooch. If it is C-like, it is more likely to be late Victorian or earlier. If it is a tube - it is rather Edwardian or anyway the turn of the centuries. A safe lock is the 20th century. In your case the lock...

Great fresh story about silly things! I was yesterday discussing pearl matters with one of my colleagues in the cantine, while another one (who was first listening very attentively from the next table) approached us with a following question: (...are you all ready?:D...) "Is it true that...

Terry, I already wrote a mail to a Dutch designer whose work I fancy (see https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2443 This would be quite an asset. Olga

Hi Jun, What area of China are these pearls coming from? You mention that there are certain regions where pearls with an especially high luster are produced - did I get it right?

I am not quite sure. From the first glance the system looks like a ball clasp but it is not. There is a little hook at the fork-end of the clasp and it clicks somehow inside the lock. Here are the pics.

I was also taken by the clasp, I like the two tones. I was first hesitating between the lavender and apricot strands 9tha latter is also gone by now) - and the apricot one was with a yellow/white gold clasp (not white/yellow as mine). Here is it on some other necklace, I find it also quite...

I just read in several gem and fashion journals that now the lavender and light violet colours are the top colours of the season for gems (not only pearls). This explains why these strands were sold out so quickly, I was lucky to get the very last one!

Yes, indeed, - sorry for being too loose with terminology, should not forget that I am among real experts:) - I mean cultured FW pearls. The word 'natural' was used as something which is not fake. I am so glad everybody likes the bracelet as much as me! I feel almost like a princess with this...

I also like the clasp -never saw this design before, it looks to me very trendy :). It is golden, bi-colour. The pearls are extremely clean and shiny. The bracelet is from natural FW (small rounds 4-5mm and buttons 8mm) and has a silver clasp. Here is the link, the site has better photos of...

Very interesting, JWei! And how would you explain growing prices for small pearls and declining for large pearls? What would be your prediction for the soming couple of years given the situation you describe (lack of working force, more regulation, excess of pearls on the factories etc...)...

This is one more 'wow'! :D Yesterday I got my long desired lavender necklace (10-11mm, AAA, from Perlenforum, Germany), it is so-o-o elegant - and its colour is really a mystery to me. It changes not only depending upon the light but also very much depending upon the background. Here are some...

Does anybody have an electronic copy of the article about cultured pearl industry in Gem&Gemology 2007, volume 43, issue 3, pp.200-226? We don't have the journal here in the university and to buy a single issue will last a month until it will reach the European shores... Would be extremely...

Dear all, Thank you very much for the nice words :-) Can anybody say if these pearls with such a peculiar form are per se nucleated? I just read by Fred Ward that at an early stage of experimenting with FW pearls, the Japanese managed to achieve all possible forms at the lake Biwa but at that...