PSL certification

[maxbrown]

Hello,

first time posting, so I do apologise if this has been asked and answered.

I am in the process of purchasing my wife an anniversary gift, a set of hanadama grade necklace, bracelet and earrings. The vendor's website has an option to purchase a PSL certificate. I received this response to my fee quote:

"The PSL laboratory certification for the pearls alone requires an estimated processing time of three weeks."

My question is: does PSL certify the pearls or individual pieces of jewellery (or a jewellery set) i.e. should I request the vendor to complete the set per my specifications and then have it certified by PSL?

Best regards and thank you in advance

Max

 

[StarryPearl]

Welcome to the forum!

I believe I've seen both online, so I guess either way is fine, but I am no expert on this. What does your vendor suggest?

 

[maxbrown]

Thank you!

I did follow up with a question of whether it is one or the other and this was their response:

"The Tokyo Pearl Science Laboratory (TPSL) certificate exclusively authenticates and evaluates Akoya pearls, certifying all the pearls in the set, but not the entire piece of jewellery.

In contrast, our independent certificate, prepared by our gemologist (a GIA graduate), certifies the complete piece of jewellery, including the necklace, bracelet, and earrings.

You will receive:

• 1 TPSL certificate (covering all the pearls in your set)
• 3 certificates from us"

Perhaps I am a bit more timid than necessary here, but how am I to know they will use the PSL certified strand to make me the jewellery? if this is strandard procedure, then I would appreciate someone with similar experience giving a bit of guidance or assurance.

 

[jshepherd]

This is confusing to me. So if you have a set made - necklace, bracelet and earrings - these could all be on the same certificate. We often have strands and pairs certified together and offer them that way. We've added bracelets in the past, but now we certify those separately, so if three pieces are ordered, customers receive two PSL (if the necklace and earrings are certed together) or three PSLs when they are all certified independently.

There can't be just one necklace certificate for all three pieces, if that is what you're describing. The earrings are half drills so they have to either be part of the cert or separate certs.


Can you maybe share an image to help me understand your question?

 

[maxbrown]

Thank you, James and pardon the confusion. English is not my first language. I sent you a DM with the correspondence between vendor and myself.