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A.pearl.girl I am with Pearl Dreams...Such amazing info on Pearls as One...start there!!!!

Perfect! Sometimes people don't think about making a necklace shorter or longer with knots or without very many. Take them with you...if you want to match them...it is sooooooo much easier in person! Akoyas reflect surroundings so you might want to wear the necklace and hold the earrings up...

It would be helpful to tell us what makes you think that they are real cultured pearls? Check grit (faux rarely has it) and drill holes, if possible so see if there are layers & a bead...also get a loupe or take a 10x photo of the surface...does it look like spray paint? (Imitation) There is...

My guess is freshwater, but someone with more experience might answer. (Based on the colors might be saltwater?). There is no bead nucleation. The setting was made for the pearl, not wire wrapped as those prongs look soldered, so a jeweler or metalsmith custom made it. Wire wrapping is...

Love, love it!!! So sorry for all their troubles. Glad you are getting some and can share photos!!!

So glad to share...super interesting to me too!

Hmmm.. the drilling seems to have changed over the years. I just had to start again on a strand with huge variability of holes! My solution to this one is to make the knots as big as I need to the biggest holes as I reknot this for the second time! Maybe Pattye...can jump in with all her...

I love the freshness of the new necklaces!!! Really wonderful how pearls can be recycled and enjoyed!!!

Pearl Dreams...close. He is a local jeweler who specializes in repair (I believe he contracts for several big box stores) he often gets interesting things in trade. Broken, he uses to repair, but other things he sells. He knows nothing of pearls. He, like many, think Mikimoto means $$$$$...

Wonderful!!!! Knotted in the Japanese manner..just 3 near the clasp. If you want the strand longer...re-knot all knots between pearls. Or enjoy them the way they are!

Actually, I did mention that they are local to me. Which is very surprising, since pearls aren't really worn here.

True!

At $1000 for the strand and $200-400 for the clasp (I agree with @JMichaels that is about the $) Is out of my price range for just the Mikimoto name. If he doesn't sell them (I doubt he will...most jewelers around here won't even restring pearls.) I may see if I can get them for a deal and wait...

In case anyone reads this thread later.... They are SHELL pearls...man made. Some of those have grit, when I rub them on my teeth. But they aren't quite right for how pearls grow. I was able to find these by using google lens.....(actually using google lens on a different strand that looked...

Maybe in Japan there might be loose Sterling Mikimoto clasps? But in the USA...very doubtful! The only way to tell that they were Mikmotos on a replacement clasp, would be for the paperwork to say " Mikimoto strand" & amount of pearls, size, quality etc...on it. It doesn't. So there is no...

Early on in my time here...someone talked about a woman who "loved her pearls to death," she never took them off! She had not only worn all the nacre off...had even worn down the bead. I have only seen a couple of photos like that...one with "natural pearls" for sale....made me look...

Dreams!!!! Dreams! Although, my husband says I should find ones that match my eyes...such a sweetie, but I suspect a hint there somewhere?

I never ever see local pearls...but this is a tragic story!!! The guy has the strand with the wax seal & paper tags...even the receipt...but lost the clasp, if they get strung they will no longer be Mikimoto!!! Makes me want to cry! Unworn, unloved....

Sure looks like the same. Hope it answers the question!

Yes!!! BWeaves washes her pearl regularly in the summer when sweat (or glow) can build up on the string and attract dirt. Disgusting can even be a very mild way to put it! I think it was Pearl Dreams and I that were talking about strands of old rice pearls for the 70's with foundation...