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Well, helloooooo Big Blue!
I recently bought a blue baroque South Sea pearl from Pearlescence and loved it so much, I immediately wanted a bigger one! I sent back the first, bought a second, and it came today! It definitely has grey overtones, but I would also definitely call it blue, if asked. I'm assuming it's from Japan, since - how could I be so lucky as to score a Vietnamese pearl of this size, right? I've contacted wendy from @Pearlescence, and hopefully she'll jog my memory shortly!
It had a sterling silver and CZ bale on it, which did it no justice at all, so I removed it and immediately thought of the setting I've mocked up and attached below.
The heart is 18kt white gold, made around the turn of the 19th century, and bought by me from an antique jewelry store about 20 years ago when I lived in Surrey. The ruby is a gorgeous, clean, saturated little beauty, cushion cut, and will be claw set on the point, the pearl dropping from beneath it. (NB The ruby has tipped forward in the photos since I had it sitting on its point, so you're basically looking at a badly aligned shot of its profile.) I've mocked up a chain, which is obviously not attached, but which gives an idea where I'm heading with this. I'll be looking for a far more interesting chain than this, connected to the heart at its two upper / outer points.
Pearl is my birthstone, so I will wear this will great pleasure.
The entirety of my pearl knowledge would leave room if written on the head of a pin, so we can safely say I have no idea what I'm doing. But I love color and had a vague idea where I was heading with this, and I'm very happy with where I've landed. I hope you all like it.
I recently bought a blue baroque South Sea pearl from Pearlescence and loved it so much, I immediately wanted a bigger one! I sent back the first, bought a second, and it came today! It definitely has grey overtones, but I would also definitely call it blue, if asked. I'm assuming it's from Japan, since - how could I be so lucky as to score a Vietnamese pearl of this size, right? I've contacted wendy from @Pearlescence, and hopefully she'll jog my memory shortly!
It had a sterling silver and CZ bale on it, which did it no justice at all, so I removed it and immediately thought of the setting I've mocked up and attached below.
The heart is 18kt white gold, made around the turn of the 19th century, and bought by me from an antique jewelry store about 20 years ago when I lived in Surrey. The ruby is a gorgeous, clean, saturated little beauty, cushion cut, and will be claw set on the point, the pearl dropping from beneath it. (NB The ruby has tipped forward in the photos since I had it sitting on its point, so you're basically looking at a badly aligned shot of its profile.) I've mocked up a chain, which is obviously not attached, but which gives an idea where I'm heading with this. I'll be looking for a far more interesting chain than this, connected to the heart at its two upper / outer points.
Pearl is my birthstone, so I will wear this will great pleasure.
The entirety of my pearl knowledge would leave room if written on the head of a pin, so we can safely say I have no idea what I'm doing. But I love color and had a vague idea where I was heading with this, and I'm very happy with where I've landed. I hope you all like it.