Recent content by jp289

That's helpful and makes sense with the clasp style. Yes, I need to give it another very good bath and work on restringing! Antique festival season is here, so I'm hoping to get some cheap necklaces to practice on first.

Not a problem at all! Maybe someone else will have a guess or I can do a little more digging on the clasp style.

I didn't think about all of those options but it would be a good time to customize it. It is almost 33 inches long now. I generally prefer shorter pearl necklaces but may keep it around the current length since I have a more classic-looking necklace already. I haven't actually even tried it on...

Thank you so much for the quick and detailed response! Yes, I would like to wear them and wondered about restringing. I'll read your tutorial and see if I can get that figured out. They definitely need a bath - I actually scrubbed them a bit (they were worse!) but wasn't sure if I could soak...

Hello, I purchased this necklace yesterday from a gentleman who was selling a few items from his wife's estate and wanted to see if anyone could provide any information on it. They were not expensive, I just thought they were beautiful. I don't have much knowledge about pearls, but have seen...