MotherOfPearlTrumpet
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I purchased some 14K white gold diamond French back earrings with the intention of removing the small pearl on them and replacing it with a beautiful pair of South Sea Round pearls that are 12.5 and 12.8 respectively. The pearl pair is so beautiful and needs findings that have front/back support for these big dangle pearls.
My question is this: (See Photos Below) the "stem" coming down from the pearl cup is so thin, and on one earring, it is so short, that I'm concerned there won't be enough surface area to hold these larger pearls.
I could put some glue on the inside of the "cup" for added glued surface area to hold the pearl to the pearl cup, but since the cup is so deep, the only place where it would touch a 12.5mm pearl would be the bottom rim of the earring cup.
I think I could take these findings to my jeweler and have them remove the current ring/peg (it hangs off the earring and feeds through the top of the cup with a small soldier just insider the cup to keep the peg from spinning) and have them replace it with a longer one pearl peg, but that might be tricky, although I think it would be possible...
So, do you think the best way forward is glue the peg and inside rim of the pearl cup? If so, I'll have to be really careful with the glue, not to over do it, so it won't squish out and look "gloppy" where the pearl hits the cup.
OR
Take it to the jeweler and see what they can do about installing a new ring/pin that will go deeper into the pearl?
Pictures below for your consideration.
The old glue on the original pearls was SO STRONG I unfortunately had to drill and pretty much destroy the original pearls to get them off. That was a little sad, but the new South Sea's are just so beautiful they "need" diamond findings. As I've said in my thread "My Pearling Story" I'm always looking for the perfect "marriage" between pearls and findings.
Thanks for your advice...
My question is this: (See Photos Below) the "stem" coming down from the pearl cup is so thin, and on one earring, it is so short, that I'm concerned there won't be enough surface area to hold these larger pearls.
I could put some glue on the inside of the "cup" for added glued surface area to hold the pearl to the pearl cup, but since the cup is so deep, the only place where it would touch a 12.5mm pearl would be the bottom rim of the earring cup.
I think I could take these findings to my jeweler and have them remove the current ring/peg (it hangs off the earring and feeds through the top of the cup with a small soldier just insider the cup to keep the peg from spinning) and have them replace it with a longer one pearl peg, but that might be tricky, although I think it would be possible...
So, do you think the best way forward is glue the peg and inside rim of the pearl cup? If so, I'll have to be really careful with the glue, not to over do it, so it won't squish out and look "gloppy" where the pearl hits the cup.
OR
Take it to the jeweler and see what they can do about installing a new ring/pin that will go deeper into the pearl?
Pictures below for your consideration.
The old glue on the original pearls was SO STRONG I unfortunately had to drill and pretty much destroy the original pearls to get them off. That was a little sad, but the new South Sea's are just so beautiful they "need" diamond findings. As I've said in my thread "My Pearling Story" I'm always looking for the perfect "marriage" between pearls and findings.
Thanks for your advice...