Pearl Dreams
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I had my eye on this vintage Akoya strand at the consignment shop for a little while, waiting for it to go to half off...then today another 20% off.
It was grimy! I soaked it for 5 minutes in soapy water before photographing. It needs restringing, of course.
Knotted as it is now, it's 21.5" long; I assume with re-stringing (and omitting knots between the smallest pearls) it will be about 18"? The 93 pearls range from about 2.5-3mm near the clasp to about 7.5mm in the center. There are a few little flaws here and there but it's pretty clean overall. The clasp is 10K white gold; the strand was probably restrung somewhere along the way.
The first photo and the neck shot are in natural light next to my open door. The wrist shot shows it under my silver-rose 7-8mm Freshadamas with the largest pearls of each strand lined up next to each other, to give you an idea of relative luster, color and size. (The Freshadamas are a bit more lustrous than the akoyas.)
Overall I'm pleased with it! I'll post more photos when I've restrung it.
It was grimy! I soaked it for 5 minutes in soapy water before photographing. It needs restringing, of course.
Knotted as it is now, it's 21.5" long; I assume with re-stringing (and omitting knots between the smallest pearls) it will be about 18"? The 93 pearls range from about 2.5-3mm near the clasp to about 7.5mm in the center. There are a few little flaws here and there but it's pretty clean overall. The clasp is 10K white gold; the strand was probably restrung somewhere along the way.
The first photo and the neck shot are in natural light next to my open door. The wrist shot shows it under my silver-rose 7-8mm Freshadamas with the largest pearls of each strand lined up next to each other, to give you an idea of relative luster, color and size. (The Freshadamas are a bit more lustrous than the akoyas.)
Overall I'm pleased with it! I'll post more photos when I've restrung it.
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