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Yet another necklace,but a setting and design Iv not seen before.The pearls have a subtle orient that isn’t apparent in the photos.The chain is marked 92.5,and I added a modern strand of akoyas to sho the difference in colour.Any thoughts about dates for this latest addition to my pearl family...

“Efficient for some customers”,sounds like you were selling surgical supplies…..Some of us who have never had holes drilled into our ears are very glad of “ efficient” screw backs!

I bought a vintage pair of earrings for the price of the silver screw back fittings.they had at sometime been glued in place with dark brown glue,the residue came off with hot water.They are obviously not matched pearls as my head separates my ears ,no one’s going to notice….

I bought a vintage pair of earrings for the price of the silver screw back fittings.they had at sometime been glued in place with dark brown glue,the residue came off with hot water.They are obviously not matched pearls as my head separates my ears ,no one’s going to notice….

It seems only pearls have this ability ,maybe because they are a product of something living,and maybe that’s why older pearls hold such a fascination…..

Oops.my apologies to Douglas,the comment I made reads very abruptly,and he hadn’t made any negative comments about the pearls at all.Thank you Jeremy for your comments, Old pearls have a fascination because they carry a secret history( and possibly detritus of the previous owner if you don’t...

There’s such a thing as sentimental value,I mentioned earlier that I thought maybe there were 2 different strands made into one necklace,maybe, although poor quality in your eyes,they weren’t to a past owner.

Numpty comment here,needing to be clarified.I assume the “ winking test “ only works on spherical pearls,as baroque’s by their nature will have a varying amount of nacre covering the nucleus.Is that right?

I wasted a happy hour looking at each Pearl in this necklace,and I’m wondering if in times past someone had used two necklaces to make this little show off.There are about 20 pearls that show some kind of onion effect( I love that description!) and the rest have obvious beads in them,with a...

I wasted a happy hour looking at each Pearl in this necklace,and I’m wondering if in times past someone had used two necklaces to make this little show off.There are about 20 pearls that show some kind of onion effect( I love that description!) and the rest have obvious beads in them,with a...