HELP Are these Akoya pearls

[cccareus]

Any helpful info would be appreciated.

 

[KarinK]

Hi,

I may well be completely off here, but I seem to see several 'potato-shaped' pearls in the pictures. Akoya pearls don't come in that shape. The layer of nacre is not very thick so it's hard for akoya pearls to develop very far from 'round'. Pearls with this kind of varion of shape seems to me to be freshwater pearls.

- Karin

 

[Caitlin]

Lots of pix, but too small to see well.

 

[jshepherd]

They appear to be semi-baroque akoya pearls.

 

[KarinK]

They appear to be semi-baroque akoya pearls.

Jeremy knows. Sorry I was wrong

- Karin

 

[Inga]

Hello everyone !
What do you think, this is Akoya saltwater or freshwater pearls?

 

[Pearl Dreams]

They are pretty small, round and good luster so I'm going with Akoya.

 

[Inga]

They are pretty small, round and good luster so I'm going with Akoya.

Thank you ! size is 7.5mm

 

[pattye]

Well matched, good luster and good size gold baskets. A classic pair!

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Thank you ! size is 7.5mm

They are very pretty and a useful size!

 

[Amrita]

That's a lovely pair of Akoya studs!

 

[Inga]

These earrings were purchased at ebay and the seller is hs_jewellery_watches.
You can find some discussions of HS jewellery items here, on this forum.

https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7097

So,maybe you're wrong that these are Akoya pearls ?!

 

[Caitlin]

that is so funny! It is probably true.

 

[Inga]

that is so funny!

Oh, yes

 

[perlinda]

Very beautiful pearls! One of the pearls is slightly off round, so my first guess when I saw the pics was freshwater. But I'm no expert in Akoya, and the pearls seem to have luster that can match Akoya. So, whether they're FWP or Akoya, you have lovely pearl earrings for sure.

 

[Inga]

perlinda,thank you for your opinion

 

[Inga]

These are my grandmother's pearls, I think they are at least 50 years

What do you think ?

8mm







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and

6.5mm-3.5

 

[dkan 168]

Personally, IMHO, if they are Akoyas, then they are unlikely to be 50+ years old due to lack of yellowing. However, I could be wrong.

With regard to the pearls in the pics of the original post, glad my hunch was right in that they are baroque Akoyas.

DK

 

[Inga]

Personally, IMHO, if they are Akoyas, then they are unlikely to be 50+ years old due to lack of yellowing. However, I could be wrong.

Sorry, I lied to you that pearls are 50 years old.
These pearls was purchased in 1969 in Japan, so they're 44 years .

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Very nice pearls your grandmother had there!