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Oh Douglas,you forgot to add “ moans” to your scones and drones,which fitted my last post ( Hope not in reality) perfectly. Well,I decided to email the Cairncross jewellers,and you must be a legend in your own lunchtime!( sorry,life time,dratted spellchecker) I presumed on our email acquaintance...

Thank you for the suggestion Douglas,I checked their web site,and gulped when I saw they have a courier service to collect your goodies called Ferrari( wonder if a real one comes to the house!) and it costs approx.200 dollars for transportation.I think I will try local experts first,the...

Be still my beating heart! There’s probably no way of finding out for sure,but how amazing if they were Scottish.Iv only seen a few images,and they were all of bigger white or brown pearls.Iv had them a while,I bought them from an older Scottish lady who now lives down in England,who said they...

These tiny pearls were originally purchased in Aberdeen Scotland,in the 1920s as a 21st birthday present.The clasp is 18ct gold.How they drilled the holes I just can’t imagine!

What I can see of the flat side are serrations left by whatever was used to cut them,and the texture is granular and looks Matt. Oh dear so much to learn,so little time..

What I can see of the flat side shows serrated lines of whatever was used to cut them in half. .I thought if they were pearls I would be able to see, using a magnifier,the lines that would indicate layers of nacre but this looks matt and granular.Oh dear,so much to learn,so little time!

Thankyou for all your input! I’m inclined to think they are turbo shells,the kind that some of us have been fooled into thinking are Scottish river pearls.Thank goodness the seller accepts returns,and she will be getting them back minus the earwax……

Help please! I bought these earrings from eBay,advertised as mabe pearls.They we’re very dirty.( do you know how much earwax ends up inside settings? Ugh!) However once cleaned,I can see no tell tale line between nacre and filling,but also no concentric rings that would indicate a pearl.Am I...

Pragmatic and practical as always…thank you!

A P.S. on the problem of when to get pearls tested.Being congenitally mean,I’m torn between wanting to know if the pearls are natural,and wondering if I want to pay £100 or more to have them tested.I’m not a seller,but don’t want them to end up in a charity shop when I shuffle off this mortal...

Jeremy thanks for your wow! I wondered,but needed an expert to give their opinion before I opened my big mouth.I had read previously that natural pearls would have a higher grade clasp,18ct gold or platinum,not silver and marcasites.Theyweradvertised as 1930s Art Deco,and I got them for approx $60.

I saw these pearls just 3 minutes before the online auction finished and had a mad moment and bid for them.when I cleaned them up,the clasp and pearls looked considerably brighter!.The pearls seem heavier than other strands I have of comparable length.Iv candled them and every one presents...

Yet another necklace,but a setting and design Iv not seen before.The pearls have a subtle orient that isn’t apparent in the photos.The chain is marked 92.5,and I added a modern strand of akoyas to sho the difference in colour.Any thoughts about dates for this latest addition to my pearl family...

Yet another necklace,but a setting and design Iv not seen before.The pearls have a subtle orient that isn’t apparent in the photos.The chain is marked 92.5,and I added a modern strand of akoyas to sho the difference in colour.Any thoughts about dates for this latest addition to my pearl family...

“Efficient for some customers”,sounds like you were selling surgical supplies…..Some of us who have never had holes drilled into our ears are very glad of “ efficient” screw backs!

I bought a vintage pair of earrings for the price of the silver screw back fittings.they had at sometime been glued in place with dark brown glue,the residue came off with hot water.They are obviously not matched pearls as my head separates my ears ,no one’s going to notice….