About a year and a half ago, a lady walked into the shop with a loose abalone pearl that her husband had found years ago, diving for abalone in California. She wanted us to set it for her and we designed an 18K slide for it with three diamonds gypsy set into the surface which was then bead blasted. I thought it came out very nicely. Please excuse the photo--I had to shoot it under less than ideal conditions.
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J Marcus
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