Recent content by Magpie

Very interesting... I especially love those irregularly shaped coin and button pearls (even if they are cheap as chips).

Oh, some of them are GORGEOUS!

Great - thanks! In fact I think I found that site in my travels, but I thought they were just 'gold plated'. I now see that at the top it says 'vermeil', so thanks again.

Does anyone know a source of rose gold or rose gold vermeil clasps, suitable for pearls? I'm really wanting something a bit more decorative than a boring old lobster clasp (of which I have many in my workbox) or an 'S' clasp made of bent wire! A ball, box or fish-hook clasp would be nice. Also...

I presume they're cheap freshwater pearls? Report the listing to eBay, maybe?

I haven't bought from them before, but I've seen some good reports of them on the forum so I decided to take the plunge with a necklace and earrings also: The necklace is 6.0-7.0 mm pearls, so quite small, but I just couldn't resist that lustre/orient/iridescence or whatever you call it! I'll...

Crumbs - I'm no pearl expert, and even I can tell that's a load of nonsense. It would be good if eBay had a section where you could add comments on guides, then it would be possible to point out the factual errors for the benefit of the unsuspecting. I noticed that the author of that guide is a...