Hi Guys,
I was unable to upload my photos using "Manage Attachments", so I have posted them here: http://s1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg623/ndownen/. This is my first post, please be patient with me.
I just purchased these pearls on eBay for $50.00. When they arrived they were a lot nicer than I was expecting for a $50 eBay purchase. Can anyone help me identify them? I bought them from a 2nd hand dealer in Florida who didn't know what they were and was very honest about that. There are a bunch of photo of the pearls, and this is what I know about them:
The clasp is marked 14k, and has a maker's mark, or retailer's mark. The only part I can read spells GAN. The clasp passed the magnet test.
The necklace is dirty, and the string is stretched. Enough so I could look down the drill holes of a handful of pearls with my microscope. Two pearls had a pocket of empty space with dirt inside. One had iridescence everywhere I could see. Two had a something, I think it was a bead, one of these was very difficult to tell where the nacre left off (I'm not experienced in judging nacre thickness), the other was another of the pocket of empty space pearls and I was able to insert a sewing needle and poke around. It's interior material easily scratched and crumbled.
All the pearls show a rainbow iridescence, to one degree or another.
The pearls are cold to the touch, and are gritty when rubbed together. There are 47 pearls of various sizes, and there are very few blemishes, though one has a dimple! The necklace weighs 29 grams, and is approximately 16 inches long.
The pictures were taken in a wide variety of lighting conditions, and the additional jewels, including my grandmother's fake pearls were included in a couple of shots to provide points of comparison. The ring, which my mother used to wear while washing dishes, has a natural Ohio river valley pearl, and the brooch is turn of the 19th-20th century, same as the ring.
I'd appreciate any thoughts you'd like to share, and if this is a cheap strand of pearls, I'll string it myself, if you all think it's a nice strand, I'll consider having a professional do it.
Thanks.
I was unable to upload my photos using "Manage Attachments", so I have posted them here: http://s1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg623/ndownen/. This is my first post, please be patient with me.
I just purchased these pearls on eBay for $50.00. When they arrived they were a lot nicer than I was expecting for a $50 eBay purchase. Can anyone help me identify them? I bought them from a 2nd hand dealer in Florida who didn't know what they were and was very honest about that. There are a bunch of photo of the pearls, and this is what I know about them:
The clasp is marked 14k, and has a maker's mark, or retailer's mark. The only part I can read spells GAN. The clasp passed the magnet test.
The necklace is dirty, and the string is stretched. Enough so I could look down the drill holes of a handful of pearls with my microscope. Two pearls had a pocket of empty space with dirt inside. One had iridescence everywhere I could see. Two had a something, I think it was a bead, one of these was very difficult to tell where the nacre left off (I'm not experienced in judging nacre thickness), the other was another of the pocket of empty space pearls and I was able to insert a sewing needle and poke around. It's interior material easily scratched and crumbled.
All the pearls show a rainbow iridescence, to one degree or another.
The pearls are cold to the touch, and are gritty when rubbed together. There are 47 pearls of various sizes, and there are very few blemishes, though one has a dimple! The necklace weighs 29 grams, and is approximately 16 inches long.
The pictures were taken in a wide variety of lighting conditions, and the additional jewels, including my grandmother's fake pearls were included in a couple of shots to provide points of comparison. The ring, which my mother used to wear while washing dishes, has a natural Ohio river valley pearl, and the brooch is turn of the 19th-20th century, same as the ring.
I'd appreciate any thoughts you'd like to share, and if this is a cheap strand of pearls, I'll string it myself, if you all think it's a nice strand, I'll consider having a professional do it.
Thanks.
