Someone who is doing research for a book contacted me for information on the American Pearl & Bead Company. He's interested in any information on this company, specifically from 1937 to the mid 1940s. Any of you historians out there remember anything that might be useful to him?
Beneath all the elaborate hats, pearls were very much on display among the guests at the Royal Wedding on April 29th. I haven't seen a thread with the pics yet, so I'll post some of them. I like Sophie Winkleman's South Sea pearl earrings.
I thought it would be interesting to compare what type of pearls our pearl guide members prefered this past year. So I'm going to start this poll. If you'd like to participate, just click on whatever type of pearls you bought during 2008 -
Freshwater
Akoya
Tahitian
Freshadama
I'm...
Anybody want to try to name the different colors of Tahitians in this selection I pulled out of loose pearls? How many different colors of Tahitians can you identify and/or describe?