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Good question! I think it would depend on the ingredients in your moisturizer, since I know I’ve seen the advice on this forum that you can rub your pearls with a small amount of mineral oil. But regardless I would do your best to avoid getting anything on your pearls, and making sure you wipe...

The akoya strand looks like a cream colored strand that was pinked giving it a sort of peachy hue. Interesting! Also not sure if you got any information on the ring you posted. 750 is usually a European mark for 18k gold. What is the size of the pearl? It looks like an Akoya to me but could be a...

Ok I’m going chime in with my two cents. First off they are beautiful! I love funky pearls. But to my eye they look like baroque cultured akoyas. Especially given the large size and the clasp which I would date to mid century (1950-1970). That being said, if you can afford it, get them...

Thank you for sharing all your finds and projects. It’s very encouraging. I have a ton of beading projects waiting for me to finish but I’m sort of nervous about getting the clasps finished correctly. I know I need to just get over my anxiety and do it. I’m reworking a Tahitian pearl necklace...

Here’s a picture of the back of the ring. There’s a dark spot that looks like conchiolin. I also took a picture of the ring with my abalone pearl rings and it definitely looks very similar!

Thank you for your quick responses. It is open on the bottom, so I will take a closer look and see if I can get a picture. I have a few abalone pearls with that really bright blue green body color which is why I didn’t immediately think abalone, but I know those pearls are found in different...

Hello all, I recently picked up this vintage ring because of the intriguing pearl. The setting is handmade sterling and signed by the artist. The style is brutalist which was most popular in the 1970s. My first thought was Pteria sterna but it doesn’t fluoresce red. I’m posting pictures, but...

Love your bracelet! It’s so beautiful! The clasp definitely looks vintage, possibly even antique though I can’t say for sure, but it looks fairly art deco to me. If the clasp is that old then the pearls would not be original to the bracelet. The pearls are very lovely akoyas. Sorry I don’t know...

Very interesting, I love wonky weird pearls! I am definitely getting a natural pearl vibe from them, and as someone mentioned they look like some River Tay pearls I have seen, but there are also some pearls mixed in that seem different. It could be a mixed strand of naturals and cultured. Just...

Those look like dyed mother of pearl beads to me 🙂

It’s very common to have symbols to mark gold fineness. I don’t recognize these, but the marks and the style of the clasp look European to me. I would estimate the time period between 1900 and 1930. Not sure if the pearls and the clasp are original to each other, the pearls look like newer...

Wow this is absolutely an amazing lot! These are all Victorian era pieces, possibly even late Georgian. Beaded seed pearl jewelry was very popular for a time and the work is extremely delicate and time consuming. The thread is most likely horse hair, as I believe that was commonly used. The seed...

Hello, don’t know if you are still looking for information on this bracelet, but I thought I would chime in. I have a lot of experience with antiques. As others have mentioned, it looks to me to be silver over gold set with rose cut diamonds and natural emeralds. Based on the setting style I...

Haha I like bugs in jewelry! But I also wanted to be an entomologist when I grew up! There are some pretty non bug pieces in the auction too ;)

Anybody who wants to drool should go check out the jewelry auction taking place in a couple days at Freeman's Auction House. I especially like the Tiffany & Co Spider brooch with natural pearls and diamonds! Sigh, to be rich. Oh well, looking doesn't cost a thing...

Hello! I see hallmarks for sterling silver on both. The white pearl clasp is worn but I still think I see S925, and that would be right for the patina and style of the clasp. They are both very pretty necklaces. The black pearls appear to me as freshwater dyed also as other members have...

I love all your pieces! thank you so much for sharing. I was especially swooning over that deco platinum diamond and emerald clasp and your "yellow rose" necklace. I am a collector of vintage and antique jewelry too and I am such a sucker for pearls! I would love to find some nice South Sea...

Hey there, long time lurker, first time poster. (I hope I'm not doubling up my post, I just tried but I don't think it went through) I have seen lots of these "pearls" in antique jewelry and I think they are actually pieces of shell. They are very pretty and interesting in their own right, just...