Back in 1980's I inherited this piece from my grandmother. I am not sure how old these pearls are, and I think she brought them somewhere from Middle East. They need to be restrung, but I am interested in identifying them and possibly finding out the value. Some of the pieces are extremely small, and in the pictures they look bigger.
My grandma's pearls
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These are interesting strands, if you can call them that. More like temporary stringing on monofilament.
Size graduation is typical. Individually drilled, mostly on the Z axis with some exceptions. The color is balanced, mainly butter white with some red shift (likely ambient source). Highly translucent showing non-uniform nuclear views. Some flat spots or concave development from close proximity to other pearls.
We are reluctant to discuss value, because it's subjective and variable. However, your lot has >50% likelihood of natural origin, thus I suggest lab analysis, at the very least.
Pretty pearls. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Size graduation is typical. Individually drilled, mostly on the Z axis with some exceptions. The color is balanced, mainly butter white with some red shift (likely ambient source). Highly translucent showing non-uniform nuclear views. Some flat spots or concave development from close proximity to other pearls.
We are reluctant to discuss value, because it's subjective and variable. However, your lot has >50% likelihood of natural origin, thus I suggest lab analysis, at the very least.
Pretty pearls. Thank you for sharing them with us.
