BrucePearls
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We have inherited far more pearls than one person can wear. Boxes and containers of loose pearls, as well as semi-completed projects and repairs awaiting completion. We need to offer them to a few pearl shops in the NYC area. If you have such a shop, or if you can recommend one, please let me know.
My grandmother worked in the New York jewelry district from some time in the 1940's through the late fifties or early sixties. We've now inherited my grandmother's supply of vintage, quality pearls. The greatest number of pearls we have are loose, in boxes and containers. I think you can see, this is more than can reasonably be photographed. I don't expect there are any synthetic pearls here. My mother discussed with me, the differences between natural and cultured pearls. No mention of synthetic pearls.
I have only one photo at this time. I expect this is by far the most interesting piece in the lot; I'll share it here. I'm a new member of this group so I might not have photo posting privileges quite yet.
The precision of craftsmanship in this necklace is surprising. When I fold the necklace in half, so that the left half covers the right half (or vice versa), the pattern lines up perfectly. The pearls in the inner rows have a smaller diameter than those in the outer rows. Sorry I don't have any measurements, but these are not large - in the neighborhood of 1/8", or 3-4 mm. This piece has 21 rows of pearls. There are 82 and 83 pearls per row for a total of over 1700 pearls in this necklace.
[EDIT] If you look closely, you'll see there is a partial clasp, and only on one side.[/EDIT]
But, as I wrote at the start - we need to sell the entire collection. Most of the pearls are loose in containers, and many are incomplete repair or from-scratch projects.
My grandmother worked in the New York jewelry district from some time in the 1940's through the late fifties or early sixties. We've now inherited my grandmother's supply of vintage, quality pearls. The greatest number of pearls we have are loose, in boxes and containers. I think you can see, this is more than can reasonably be photographed. I don't expect there are any synthetic pearls here. My mother discussed with me, the differences between natural and cultured pearls. No mention of synthetic pearls.
I have only one photo at this time. I expect this is by far the most interesting piece in the lot; I'll share it here. I'm a new member of this group so I might not have photo posting privileges quite yet.
The precision of craftsmanship in this necklace is surprising. When I fold the necklace in half, so that the left half covers the right half (or vice versa), the pattern lines up perfectly. The pearls in the inner rows have a smaller diameter than those in the outer rows. Sorry I don't have any measurements, but these are not large - in the neighborhood of 1/8", or 3-4 mm. This piece has 21 rows of pearls. There are 82 and 83 pearls per row for a total of over 1700 pearls in this necklace.
[EDIT] If you look closely, you'll see there is a partial clasp, and only on one side.[/EDIT]
But, as I wrote at the start - we need to sell the entire collection. Most of the pearls are loose in containers, and many are incomplete repair or from-scratch projects.
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