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Yes: https://www.pearl-guide.com/threads/restringing-mother-in-laws-best-clasps-for-elderly.462999/#post-479731

I need to run an errand. Try shining a light through it. Anyone else have ideas?

Pattye will give you the best advice! If you do try your hand at stringing (I hope you do!) start with a single strand necklace.

Okay, I thought that was a buildup of grime. It's small for a south sea pearl, and more off round than akoyas are generally. And the color and luster are not that of akoyas anyway. Is there any nacre on the sides? The photo makes it look as though that is an exposed bead with nacre only on the...

Semi baroque akoyas, with blemishes.

Have you tried cleaning it? It might help to see what it looks like under the accumulated grime. I would let it soak for 15 mnutes or so in warm distilled water (to avoid both chlorine and hard water minerals that could dull it) with some mild soap swished into it (I like to use Dr. Bronner's...

I myself would not be able to guess the age of the pearls, no. But perhaps someone else will have seen a strand with a similar clasp with that mark and may have an idea of the age or brand.

Pearl Paradise ships to the UK, just saying.

How nice to have inherited pearls! Those are akoyas and yes, the bead that is showing is the bead nucleus that was implanted originally. The pearls themselves show a lot of fine scratches and surface marks in general. All I can find on the stamp 380S is that maybe it's 380 silver, a low grade...

Warm distilled water and Dr. Bronner's unscented baby soap! Let it soak for a little while, then wipe it off.

Unfortunately yes, you do. Regarding your other post, can you mail your pearls to a restringer? Pearl Paradise in L.A. does restringing and you could ask them for recommendations about a clasp that would work for you. I'm sure many people ask about that. Link: Do you restring at Pearl Paradise...

That is more or less what I was thinking. I found this just now while searching for Dr. Hänni, thinking maybe there was an SSEF paper about this. https://www.ssef.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2008_Haenni_The_different_kinds_of_cultured_pearls.pdf (I haven't checked your bibliography but I...

Page 92. Second paragraph, and chart. Referencing Dr. Henry Hänni.

I will look for the page. Give me a few minutes. :)

Thank you. Will look again. We cross posted. I just wrote: What I did find fascinating is something you wrote about saltwater pearls now being tissue nucleated in the mantle. I had not heard about that. Can you tell us more about that? Is this maybe because of a greater demand for keshi shapes...

I have been reading and enjoying your book, Renee. But I didn't see any mention of these newest, mantle bead nucleated FWP that are especially white because of the donor mussels bred to have very white mantle tissue. What I did find fascinating is something you wrote about saltwater pearls now...

Add-a-pearl necklaces used to be fairly common. They are cultured akoya pearls -- real pearls, but not natural ("natural" refers to pearls that form in the wild without human intervention.) I ran a search on eBay for what add-a-pearl necklaces have sold for recently, and this is the result. It...

I love those colors and shapes for Tahitians!

I haven't picked any up but I assume the bead is plastic, so as not to be too heavy. Next time I'm in there I'll ask to see one, and heft it.:sneaky:

I can't see how either one would be from Lake Biwa. Perhaps he is saying that but meaning freshwater? And yes they look the same.