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Yes! It is also important to know that at one time when this shape or color was new...they were more expensive and a 14k clasp was more fitting to the cost. With a restring you can have an easier clasp to work or more decorative or whatever. Or just wear and enjoy!

I am getting fairly strong Chinese Freshwater vibes..Hopefully others will give better opinions. The coloring & shape aren't quite right for saltwater. But I still have one strand that isn't quite right for freshwater nor quite right for Tahitian, as I learn more I will figure it out.

Hard to tell..I can't zoom in enough. But I have several "rice shaped" pearl necklaces some smooth, some bumpy...all freshwater. I do have 2 that are faux pearls which makes me laugh as they are so cheap now...but one is even branded...so when Rice Shaped pearls were new...it was probably...

@BWeaves what is the era or date on your BL pearls?

I love, love those kind of pearls!!! Tons of character.. The only problem with the magentic clasps is that heavy pearls still can cause them to come apart. I have a HSN or QVC Honora necklace with that same clasp... I need to restring on a more secure clasp. But those a really helpful for...

There were a ton of Akoya pearl necklaces sold to military post WWII...so it is most likely that it is unbranded. What often happens is that during a restringing in the 60's or earlier (10 years is a long time for silk to last)...a 14k clasp was put on a previously plain sterling clasp. Even...

While there is a huge level change in designing vs restringing...just for collecting pearls to restring...get Vintage on EBay or Etsy in Canada if possible (That over the boarder from US is so $$ & difficult). You will need to ID from photos (sometimes really bad) including telling if they are...

Pattye, thanks!!! Somehow I never thought of that!!! Did I miss this in Pearls as One or is that your vast restringing experience talking??

Love it! And love Pattye's example! I made a similar one to Pattye's example with left over pearls in a very random order. I loved it..for some reason it made all the variations shine. I need to make another and get photos.

Thanks B!! That is great to know...more info! Just talking with a guy who buys gold...he was asking about a gold & pearl bracelet and what kind of pearls. I was thinking about all the ways you need to know what great pearls are vs okay pearls vs faux (great or not). The metal gives...

Lovely!!! Those will be great to wear!

Great detective work Pattye! Very interesting mystery.

Then it is going have to be Pattye! Or someone else. I have called Mikimoto and gotten a general answer...you might ask if they ever, ever made 18k clasps without diamonds or pearls...you will get lots of "we would have to see..." But I was able to get a general answer (I was asking the...

Yes, please...handsoap or mild dish soap & distilled water. Someone loved them a lot!!! (I had some that took 4-5 washings they were so loved!)

Thanks for posting such great photos! I a really working on ID in photos and I could tell by the first photo these were faux...but the other photos helped!!! I do like the clasp too!

It is also going to depend on your feedback & what you have listed. Check solds & completed...then pick middle of the prices. Also check the string gently...you don't want them to break during shipping.

Oh Pattye apply to authenticate Vintage Mikimotos with Silver clasps!!!! Get to see amazing pearls & fix the problem of x-raying silver rhodium plated Mikimoto clasps!!! (They can't pass anything unless it will x-ray & rhodium blocks x-rays) So a totally authentic Vintage Mikimoto w/paperwork...

eBay has the same authenticators for all jewelry...it is the luck of the draw where it gets sent. They verify real or not real pearls (maybe what kind, but I don't know) and the metal, size, color & anything else specified. But it has to be pretty expensive or Mikimoto or Tiffany to be give...

Could you post a photo of the back of the clasp?? I am so curious!!! I have never seen that type of clasp with the bead cups too!

Pearl Dreams had a really good photo of faux vs real surface under a loupe... The faux looks like a car's paint job that wasn't done very well... real is so much smoother, no tiny bumps. Also look at the drill holes for the bead or paint build up. I would be really concerned that you only got...