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This is a pretty typical way to do vintage stands. String was put thru the "end caps" and knots held it in place. That actually works very well, but it is not the modern way to do it. I have strung many necklaces the Vintage way and they last as well as modern. You do need all those knots...

That is a stunning job!!!!! Bet they look lovely on you!!!

Thank you! It is pretty gritty. (Not as gritty as the freshwater I have, more like the Akoya.) I'll try to get closer.

Thank you so much!!! I wanted this as a "clasp" to lengthen pearls...but wanted a gut feeling from experts....I haven't done much testing on this...it is an old looking C clasp....but that is sometimes used to faux. Thanks again

This seems bigger than many pearls I have, could it be a salt water pearl? Would it be a southsea pearl? Or freshwater?

On thing to think about is that you might be able to sell the pearls and the box seperately. You could look into selling them both ways. But I would carefully open the clasp to make sure it does work...I have opened 100+ year old jewelry in silver and gold without any trouble...I am...

Give it your best guess...what is this? Would this really be a river pearl or is it part of the shell or does that make it a pearl still on the shell? I think it is really interesting, but I just don't know enough.

Interesting BWeaves!!! I knew that Mikimoto mostly used Sterling for Brooches.

I have a small pile of pearls to sort and I am not familiar with all the pearl shapes and rings and whatnot to be able to tell what is damage and what isn't Is there a place where I can see lots of pictures of damage or can we make a collection here? (I thought it might be helpful for others...

That silver clasp is interesting...first is looks a little Edwardian to 1915. (It might have been Victorian when gold was hard to get?). So I would guess that it might be a restring...as Someone said Mikimoto was doing the culturing thing but the end of WWI, but they would have still been...

I was really shocked at the difference in grit between my vintage mikimoto brooch and all my freshwater pearls...the Mikimoto felt like fine sand paper and the freshwater coarse grit....WOW! Maybe that is quality vs not, or sea vs fresh

Besides needing to fix a couple of badly damaged white pearls (these are at the back of the neck), I need to replace missing vintage glass faux pearls on brooches. I have heard that nail polish works best over glass...but the nail polish makers keep changing the colors. What are your favorite...

This is the best thread ever!!! I learn a ton!!! I was able to finally see some of these amazing types of pearls in real life and because of getting to see the pictures here I had already decided what I liked and did not like. Before I came here, I thought round were only kind to get...even if...

If Jamie doesn't get one that matches...I used my other fish hooks to find the right size for a missing one (Vintage)...Bella Findings had 2 sizes of fish hooks...I measured the size that fit & ordered. I am not sure that the jeweler is correct in the size being custom. I also know that in...

Marianne I would love to see a photo of that! What kind and color did she use...that might even make these look better. I think it would have looked a lot better, if they had used a high quality nail polish...this mostly matched the color, but the brush strokes were really bad. Most nail...

The hook seems like a great idea...I'll try that too! Using Acetone seem so counter-intuitve for me.....but I am going to try it on some that seem to have been glued on chains and mono-filiment. (I just need 3 of those pearls or I probably would not bother..) Acetone soaked paper towel...

My camera can't seem to get closer....BUT it is nail polish paint or something like it. I remember someone here saying Acetone (nail polish remover) was safe on pearls. I got some on a Q-tip and swirled it around the edges, the acetone removed enough and smoothed out the paintbrush strokes...

So sorry, I will try to repost a close-up. It is really obvious to me on the bottom right one. Looks very paint streaked in one spot.

Never thought of my craft knife...thank you! I wonder if I soaked the pearl in plain water, would that soften the thread enough to"wash it out"?

I recently got these and when I put my glasses on realized that there seems to be what looks like paint on them. Does anyone know what it is and why it would be on there? Thanks