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I bought a vintage 3 strand cultured Pearl necklace,which has blemished pearls but a gorgeous paste clasp.The necklace is 14” long,the majority of pearls look cultured,but some blemished pearls seem to have another pearl inside.What am I looking at please?Sorry,seem to have downloaded the same...

Goodness,I just miss a day,and suddenly lots more comments! Thankyou for your input.I think they must be akoyas,Iv never seen old fresh waters that had this shape or lustre,and it seems the only reason the previous seller thought they were “ river pearls” was because of the marcasite...

Thanks Jeremy for your comments.I know that a small bead is used to start the culturing process,but what would have been used in the really tiny pearls? By the way I don’t think these pearls ever got as far as America,they have lived their life in a small town in the north of Scotland!

Thank you El Cortez for your prompt answer,and I will certainly look at the threads you suggest.The whole idea of a sustainable natural Pearl project is intriguing,and I think there are a lot of us that will be interested on how it works out.However beautiful a cultured Pearl is,the romance...

I had assumed from various articles that gulf pearls were synonymous with natural pearls,that cultured pearls were prohibited in the gulf states to to religious attitudes.However I have just read that a Pearl farm has been established in that area,offering cultured pearls for sale.Are cultured...

Sorry,last photo somehow didn’t arrive,strand is 22”” long,largest Pearl 11mm.

I bought another strand of pearls ( please don’t tell the husband!) from an elderly lady,who said they were natural river pearls.When I asked her why she thought so,she said she had bought them from an antique dealer over 50 years ago and he said they were natural,but couldn’t be saltwater...

I bought another strand of pearls ( please don’t tell the husband!) from an elderly lady,who said they were natural river pearls.When I asked her why she thought so,she said she had bought them from an antique dealer over 50 years ago and he said they were natural,but couldn’t be saltwater...

Thank you so much for the lovely comments,It’s late here,Iv downloaded a photo,ones scruffy Barbara,one new heirloom.

Thank you so much for the lovely comments,It’s late here,Iv downloaded a photo,ones scruffy Barbara,one new heirloom.

I read in a book on Edwardian county houses,that certain ladies maids were regularly “ head hunted” because they were recognised as having” Pearl skin”.pearls were put away in October,diamonds worn till April,and these maids would be wearing up to10 Pearl necklaces at a time during March,to...

Thank you for your comments,Iv been out of the loop for a few weeks,so am catching up.Afterthe initial euphoria of realising it wasn’t brass,and not dipped,do I want to get it checked out? Our local snooty jeweller refuses to believe any Indian jewellery is gold because it doesn’t carry a...

Epilogue…Thought I would post the resulting necklace.Icame across an old broken Indian tikka or headdress with 6” of pearls,and a gold and uncut diamond pendant.Iv “ married the two strands together,and I am so happy with my little piece of Indian history.