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Thank you. It is happily nesting with some Victorian bar pins from back in the days when I prowled Camden Passage in London.

I'll begin with this: These are not my pearls☺️I was catching up with some NYT articles I missed around the holidays, and I came upon The Mysterious Donor Who Fled Communism and Left Millions to the Art World. The painting is titled Portrait of a Young Woman, or as I call it, Show Us Your...

Thank you @BWeaves ! I'm trying to learn a little more about it. I'm guessing 1840s. It's got the natural pearl and old mine cut diamonds, very Victorian, and it's 18K which is typical of British Victorian jewelry pre-1854. But I can't find any assay marks, which a British piece would normally...

I have some catching up to do, but I'll have to work backwards. This is the latest, from the PP Antique and Vintage Pearl Live. Circa 1800s pearl and diamond brooch, and I'm in love. It didn't show up until 4:30, so the natural light had faded, It's hard to capture the sparkle, but I'm posting...

I visited that one a lot. I'm glad it found a good home.

Don't fret Douglas! I want to set it in a way that doesn't hide the color shift to green that's near the edges. I thought I want's a ring, but I'm kind of a beast with my hands, so it may have to be a pendant. I troll the forum looking for ideas.

Glad you made it through the double whammy. The necklace really pops against that shirt.

I still have a mabe SOC from the Mexico live that I can't decide how to use.

Love the colors!

That vintage piece is really lovely.

I like that idea. I've been seeing it as a trend with male entertainers and athletes for a while. At first, the only thing I saw men wearing were single pearls on leather cords. Lately I've noticed a lot of young men in tiny pearls. I feel like going up to men in pearls to complement them...

I knew it was a Kojima piece! I love it. I have a long Kojima strand with a Tahitian/coral/lapis/other mix. It's my favorite fun piece.

Yum! I am a staunch believer in treating oneself 👍

Used the photos you thoughtfully provided to show a local jeweler what I wanted to order. Not many shops stock a variety, and online catalogues don't always photograph them at useful angles. Thank you!

The rainbow T is mesmerizing.

I love the things I learn here.

Thank you so much. The hinged kind that snaps shut is exactly what I had in mind. Now I have a project for the week!

I've been absent, and I was feeling particularly icky today, so I decided to indulge in self-care by viewing SurfnSci's beautiful Kasumis and Tahitians, and jeg's combos. Jeg, I have a few bead necklaces and a big fat drop pearl with a bale that is a little too small to slip over them. Is the...

Here's an example from an amethyst piece found online. I'm basically low tech, but I sometimes hit vintage stores for fun, and discovered something most of you probably know already: If you have an android phone, go to the google search bar and use the little camera icon (not your phone's camera...