| Hi Brenda,
The larger pearl looks like a mabé-style (half or dome) pearl product. The picture has a definite green tinge so I am assuming that these are in the light cream range. They do not look like freshwater pearls. The larger could be a South Sea mabe and the smaller a keshi. The setting style would be very much out of line for Scottish pearls although that does not mean anything. They could have been reset. I doubt it, though. I find it reminiscent of mid to late 1980s Majorica style. The smaller pearl is too smooth for cristaria plicata and the setting style looks like mid-1980s minimalism. At that time there were hardly any smooth pearls from China on the market. So, unless you or one of your relatives had a valuable natural treasure turned into a Jil Sander-style pin, I would rather suspect the origins of this pearl piece in the vicinity of Mallorca, Spain, or Broome, Australia, than Perth, Scottland.
Zeide
Last edited by Zeide Erskine; 08-25-2006 at 04:57 AM.
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