[katkat]

I received these pearls as a gift. I know nothing abot them except that they are real and have a 14k clasp. I know nothing about pearls so I dont know if they are freshwater, or what or what quality they are

[katkat]

sorry for the bad pic. I will try to get a better one

[purepearls]

It is very hard to tell because the picture is a little blurry and a little too far away to get a nice, detailed look. Can you take another shot of them?

[katkat]

I will get a close up in the morning. My husband is better at the camera than i am. Maybe he can get a better picture

[katkat]

I was doing some research and discovered that they are freshawater or most likely to be because a few of the pearls have a line or a ring. Am I correct in this? They are 5.5 mm, so kinda small. They are also not perfectly round, an indicator that it is not akoya?

[effisk]

as in ring, you mean circled?

circled and offround, of this size would be freshwater.

[Valeria101]

Is that their original box? This would be the nicest presentation I've ever heard of for 5mm ringed FWP! Those should be mighty fine looking pearls My wishful thinking self would want them to be some sort of Keshi instead. Those could have been around 1-1.5k... Any idea what the price range might have been? The picture is not much help.

[katkat]

here are some close ups. best as we could get with this camera. The rings are small and only on a few of the 85 pearls. You cant see them in the pictures because they are so faint. Most are almost round

[katkat]

oh, yes that is the original box. that jeweller does all it pearls in that type box

[effisk]

In these two photos, I see round akoya pearls. Maybe slightly baroque akoyas if some have rings (are the rings similar to those ones (or is it more like that)?

btw, what type of camera did you use for these shots?

[Satine De La Courcel]

I wonder if you would be abel to take teh pictuers with natural light not a lamp. I have found that natural sunlight does better withteh pearls as far asn less shadows and teh dark look to the picture itself.. Just my two cents.

Cheers
Ash

[katkat]

well, they dont look like euther of those. they are kind of like a stain from a coffee cup, not the same color, but the same effect. It does not go all the way around a pearl, but is more like a ring from a coffee cup. We tried to take pictures in natural light, they came out blurry. But I can tell you that they are always that lusterous and shiny. They do not look at all like the second picture, very similar to the first oneexcept that they are not quite that shiny

[katkat]

is there any way these could be natural pearls? The rings I am describing, I think I am describing them wrong. From reading on here, it sounds similar to orient. Can anyone provide pictures of orient and natural vs akoya vs freshwater to compare?

[Zeide Erskine]

Hi KatKat,

Natural pearl with Orient:

[katkat]

oh, I see. That is helpful. The pearls are pointed one way like the one in the picture is. they also look quite similar except for the size. I am taking them toa jeweller tommorow to find out for sure