A Tahitian drop

[Heidi]

This pearl is gorgeous! Your photos are really fantastic, too.

 

[airdancer]

This is a really gorgeous piece. A fantatiscally good buy. A pity there isn't more. I think they will look amazing in a tin cup design

 

[Monty Hall]

Your pearl is faboo....

"faboo"--the *BEST* new word in a loooong time!!!

And, jeanpn, your pearl really *is* faboo! It has my favorite Tahitian color combination.

What is the industry term for this color combination, anyone?

CarolK

 

[Miriam Reed]

I love your pearl. It looks like green with peacock overtones. Jennifer has good ideas, doesn't she? The pendant that lets you show different sides of the pearl is a great idea when you have a pearl with that much difference in tone from one side to the other.

 

[Hanaleimom]

I have a Tahitian oval pearl similar to Jean's. Although mine does not exhibit as many colors as hers, I did not want to drill it either. Seeing how great hers looks on the Venus bale, I asked Jennifer to wrap mine also. I am very pleased. Here are my pictures.

 

[Hanaleimom]

One more... I just can't stop taking pictures.

 

[jshepherd]

It is definitely one of the nicest-color Tahitian pearls I have seen.

 

[Nerida]

Wow Cathy - gorgeous pearls, and now it's stunningly set.. did you buy the pearl in Hawaii?

 

[pattye]

What a fabulous solution, Cathy! Such a great pearl, and lovely to have undrilled. I love those little omega necklaces too! They make any pendant look really classy!

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Eye-popping colors on that pearl! Just gorgeous!

 

[Pearl Dreams]

I have a terrible question....I love the Venus setting but I wonder, how does one avoid scratching the pearl when removing it or changing its position in the setting?

 

[Hanaleimom]

Thank you, everyone, for the nice compliments. I don't think you rotate the pearl to change the position. I think you just wear the front or back side depending on your mood.

I got this pearl at Tahiti Pearl Market (TPM). I came in and asked for baroque or off-round pearl to match a pair of earrings I bought from Pearl Paradise. Every pearl they showed me I said no. This pearl was not on display, but the sales manager took it out from the back. Once I saw it, it smiled at me. I smiled right back and kept rolling the pearl back and forth to see the color changes. TPM kept asking me if I want to make a pendant or fully drill it and put it on cable necklace. But I immediately remembered Jean's post and pictures and knew that I would copy hers. I think the Venus bale is simple, classy. Jennifer found such a clever way to display pearl.

In the end, when I made the stopover at Pearl Paradise the next day, I found a pearl to make a pendant to match my earrings.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

I don't think you rotate the pearl to change the position. I think you just wear the front or back side depending on your mood.

Well, that makes sense!

You have a stunning pearl there.