The pearls I use are cultured freshwater pearls from China where they are grown in rivers and  ponds on pearl farms. They have come a long way since the rice crispie pearls of thirty years ago.

 

I like the different colours and shapes cultured freshwater pearls are available in so that is what I have here.

If your taste is for white, perfectly round pearls, I probably will not have what you're looking for, or at least not many.

Colours are natural unless the description says they are dyed.  Most are natural, simply because I like the gorgeous undyed colours.

 

Photos are taken in my front porch in deep shade. I try to get the photos to look as close as possible to the way your pearls will look when you wear them. I think they look better in real life.

 

The clasps are either fine silver, sterling silver or gold filled (rolled gold), some purchased, most hand made. The hand made clasps have been very popular as they are nice and easy to do up and undo, which of course means we wear our lovely necklaces more often. For some odd reason after I needed reading glasses I had difficulty with fiddly clasps, even though I used to do them up by feel. Maybe its a patience thing.

 

Please feel free to ask questions using the contact link below. There are more photos on the More Info page, I think the colours of the pearls are more accurate when lying on a paper towel.

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I really hope you are thrilled with your purchase.

Catherine.