[Caitlin]

Hi Cliclasp.
I meant photos- if you care to share them! If it doesn't expose too much of your research.

I shall go ahead into the story when I am ready
Thanks again for this invitation

CliClasp
the picture you posted shows a ball clasp and it has a security device as well. The fold over clasps works on a similar basis but the security device is on the outside so to speak, but not like the ball clasp, where the pin goes into the clasp itself. Unfortunately I do not have a pic of a fold over so it is hard to explain. Perhaps Caitlin has a clasp of this type to post a picture of. I am going to look a bit more into it.

Browsing a catalouge I just found an example of a foldover that You might have seen: on expensive bracelets in gold with gem stones very often are fold over clasps. If you open it it does look like a "V" with one bar to the left and one to the right. I you "fold over" the upper bar, which is the safety device, the bars are closed in a sandwich-like fashion. Hope you understand the principle of it....

[borah]

A lot, if not most, of metal women's watches also have fold over clasps, if that helps

Oh I see now, on watches, anyway no one voted for and I don't see how it works with pearls
thank you very much

[borah]

I've never seen them with pearls either come to think of it, only on bracelets with stones. That picture's really interesting. Where's it from? It looks kind of like the carving's on totem poles in the American northwest and Alaska

Originally Posted by borah

That picture's really interesting. Where's it from? It looks kind of like the carving's on totem poles in the American northwest and Alaska

You are very far.. some thousands kilometers away,
search again ...

Anyway Borah, we know very little about you? where are you from , what are you doing with pearl ?
Would you put it in your profile for better understanding?

[borah]

Mesopotamia then?

I haven't quite gotten to making my profile yet . I'm an American living in Edinburgh, Scotland. I saw some nice pearl jewelry in a catalog and I wanted to do some research before spending money and found P-G through google. I got hooked pretty quickly and I didn't end up buying the jewelry (turns out it was really overpriced and I would have just been paying for the name), I did get started on making a few strands of my own which I'm hoping to post once I have my camera back. I'm surprised how quickly I got obsessed with pearls, even the farming and industry stuff, but I love them and it's really better than sitting around and doing nothing so I guess it's alright in the long run. My own collection is still pretty small but I've started to covet my mother's collection, which I'd never paid too much attention to. I definitely appreciate her pearls more now

Deborah

[Sueki]

Borah in the Burgh,
Edinburgh - lucky you.
I adore Edinburgh.....
As for coveting mother's pearls - isn't it amazing how we get to be more and more like our mothers the older we get ?

[effisk]

Originally Posted by CLICLASP

You are very far.. some thousands kilometers away,
search again ...

Horus if I remember my history courses properly. Was this a clasp?

I spent a year in Endinbugh. Was working just off the royal mile. I loved the city and really enjoyed the long summer days.

Horus! I was just going to say that it looked very Egyptian.

I was in Endinbugh too and enjoyed it very much

Well Well Well, so many answers
It looks like you like stories .. of pearls, ... of clasps

So congratulations, it is Egyptian,

but how was it used , and how did they string

play again

[pearlescence]

we have not had long summer days this year, we have had early autumn days so far.

So burning in the sun or staying in front of the computer,
is that the nowadays challenge?

[borah]

Borah in the Burgh,
Edinburgh - lucky you.

London's not too bad either I love the Edinburgh summers too (it's fun having the sun set so late) but the Edinburgh winters get me down sometimes, it's hard to get used to the sun setting at 4!

I spent a year in Endinbugh. Was working just off the royal mile.

What brought you to Edinburgh? Was it pearl related?

It looks like you like stories .. of pearls, ... of clasps

Definitely! I had a lot of fun lurking in your other thread in the Pearl History section. As for how they used Horus, I have no idea. I can't quite figure out how they might have used it. It doesn't really look like a clasp. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has a lot of great pieces, but they don't allow photography inside Is it some kind of brooch?