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Hello Mel D That’s a shame I was hoping a makers mark or other stamp ie assay office might have been found, as this can help date the manufacture, and shed more light on the pearls themselves. I think in this case you would need a specialist to inspect them directly - my instinct is that they...

Hello Mel D, welcome to the forum, I have looked at your earring I think you may have something very special. Sometimes the actual piece of jewellery itself can hold a clue to it’s origins, or even the box itself. Are their any markings/stampings anywhere on the piece? Makers can be quite...

Wow! Love the tassels. Looks like you have the tassel bug, they are very addictive once you get going.

Looks fantastic, well done.

I want to know who won! Sheer luxury at its best, to think they were the real McCoy in pearls and gemstones is breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.

That’s a beautiful honker of a pearl.

Wowzers! Your pearl collection is amazing.

SydK, the earrings look terrific on, The pearls look like water drops the way they sit against the earring fittings. Jeg, what a marvelous eclectic display of pearls, love how you have used the orange cord with the gold south sea.

Congratulations, Your ring is divine.

Those purple pearls really have depth- gorgeous!

I am sure this is the same technique that Jeremy posted a few years ago https://youtu.be/O12P1OaMCe8 And there is no fingernails to get in the way of the camera LOL.

A few years ago I had the pleasure of visiting Broken Bay Pearls in NSW Australia where they farm Akoya Pearls, and produce some truly amazing pearls straight out of the oyster. Today I was reminded of that visit and it brought back some fantastic memories from that day by a ten minute segment...

Hi a winter pearl, I don’t use griffin cord so I am not familiar with the gauge sizes. If you are in the UK, Wendy from Pearlescence re-strings with griffin, so she could perhaps advise you. Etsy is another place, there are quite a few sellers there, and just need to pm them in their store...

Fantastic article, very talented lady, thank you for sharing this.

What a smorgasbord of lush eye candy.

Andrew M, what an awesome dreamy strand of Akoya pearls ....stunning they are. Carlotta, the colour is gorgeous and drool worthy, the only thing is, I now have the song Mellow Yellow in my head :-) GemandPearlLover, love the rope as a wrap bracelet - well done you, on stringing the rope. Jeg...

Gob smacking they are ......wow!

A very clever member here made a antique reproduction seed pearl piece from scratch. https://www.pearl-guide.com/threads/recreating-an-antique-seed-pearl-piece.5697/ I don’t know if she is still active but you could try contacting her to see if she would be interested in your repair of your...

Beautiful necklace, there are a lot of top notch seed beaders in the U.S , perhaps looking into a bead society to find one to repair Your necklace.

I looked at this cord a couple of times, then it came to me - looks like para cord. ( hubby used to sky dive ). 2mm is the the finest thickness that is available, the picture shown looks like 2mm to me, If you like this cord your pearls would have to be drilled out to size, minimum 2.5 or 3mm...