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Yes - this is one of the reasons I rather freaked out when I started researching what these might be. The circumstantial evidence I have is that they are from well before 1998 (from my grandmother's old jewellery box and she died in 1979), but I dont have any documentary evidence of that.

Thanks - I can really see the similarities between the pearls in your picture and the strand I have! Are there any features I can look for to tell some seriously baroque natural from some really bad freshwater? I assume the bad freshwater would have been tissuecultured, so maybe not easy to tell...

Brilliant - thank you!!

Wow! Thank you for this. They are really very baroque - is there anyway of knowing if they are freshwater natural (e.g. Scottish Tay pearls) or saltwater, other than experience and just knowing your pearls?

Hi! First of all, thanks for all the advice on this forum, have learnt so much (e.g. how to clean pearls with salt sludge - it works brilliantly!!). First time to ask advice, which is what sort of pearls might these be? They are vintage (possibly antique) and from the uk. Thanks!!