hello everyone
help identify these cultured or real pearls?
Thanks!
help identify these cultured or real pearls?
Thanks!
please help identify pearl necklace
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Pearl Dreams
Pearl Enthusiast
I think they are semi-baroque cultured akoya pearls.
Do the pearls have any back-story, anything you know about their history?
Also just for future reference, you should always evaluate pearls against a white background.
Do the pearls have any back-story, anything you know about their history?
Also just for future reference, you should always evaluate pearls against a white background.
Pearl Dreams
Pearl Enthusiast
Nice luster!
They look like they could benefit from being restrung. Silk becomes weak and dirty over time, and stretches out so that there are gaps. If the silk breaks the necklace may be lost.
Many of us do our own restringing; it's not hard. If you'd like to try your hand at it, see our tutorials and videao on the Lowly Beaders Club here.
They look like they could benefit from being restrung. Silk becomes weak and dirty over time, and stretches out so that there are gaps. If the silk breaks the necklace may be lost.
Many of us do our own restringing; it's not hard. If you'd like to try your hand at it, see our tutorials and videao on the Lowly Beaders Club here.
Pearl Dreams
Pearl Enthusiast
I'm looking at various things...
You attached an x-ray which seems to show a nucleus
The relative uniformity of the shapes and luster and color of the pearls
The shapes are common for semi baroque akoyas
The metal of the findings (silver is lower value)
You attached an x-ray which seems to show a nucleus
The relative uniformity of the shapes and luster and color of the pearls
The shapes are common for semi baroque akoyas
The metal of the findings (silver is lower value)
KarinK
Well-known member
"and how to distinguish original from cultivated"
Almost all pearls are cultivated. Natural pearls, created without any help from humans, are extremely rare. So you will want to distinguish between real pearls (that would be expected to be cultivated) and fake pearls that have never seen an ocean or a lake.
- Karin
Almost all pearls are cultivated. Natural pearls, created without any help from humans, are extremely rare. So you will want to distinguish between real pearls (that would be expected to be cultivated) and fake pearls that have never seen an ocean or a lake.
- Karin
