This looks like a makers mark, not an assay/hallmark. You will have to be a bit of a sleuth to track down the maker :-(
I picked up a 15ct seed pearl brooch in December past with a makers mark being a hanging sheep - I discovered it was made right here in Melbourne around the turn of last...
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Pearls were rarely knotted back then, it’s only in the last few decades that it has become the standard style of stringing.
People lived different lifestyles to what we see today, and the pearls themselves have become bigger and heavier.
For the Agatha Christie fans what...
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Looks terrific, lots of shapes and colours, you will get good mileage out of your design.
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I mentioned the name Elsa Peretti earlier in this thread, she was the creator of the Station necklace sold through Tiffany's, and the predecessor to Wendy Brigode's Tin-Cup necklace.
Elsa's jewellery designs have been described as "revolutionary", and "timeless.
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After careful and in-depth research - I present to you the original and only "truly plated" pearls - vendors tend to write anything as we have noticed recently (AFAIC freshwater Akoya pearls)
Plating - as in applying a physical metal layer - would involve the use...
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