goldnsilver
Shiny_Rock
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Turns out I have more pinkish pearls than I thought. Here are some pics of a necklace strand that I just got from an auction. a baroque drop pendant, and a pair of ripple pearl pendants/earring drops. Both the necklace and the pendant are non-nucleated freshwater, and the ripple pearls (or wrinkly Edison type pearls) are nucleated freshwater.
The necklace was put up as "pink" by the auction house, most likely because that was the predominant colour they saw. I believe it would have gone under "lavender" on Pearl Paradise's website however, as it definitely leans cool. It didn't come with paperwork so I've no idea where it came from, although I wouldn't be too surprised if it was a Pearl Paradise creation - I think the same gold ball clasp was used by them quite a lot some years ago?
This strand is quite a chameleon, looking the pinkest in daylight and changing to an understated warm mauve under yellow fluorescent light. Personally I'm very happy with the colour, as I was looking for a strand that was as true pastel "pink" as possible, not peachy (peach doesn't look great on me) or purple. There is colour variation through out the strand and a few pearls stand out a good bit bluer, and I actually quite like that. The lustre is excellent, my poor phone photos don't capture that but I can see my see my features in the reflections in real life.
And then the baroque pendant was sold as purple/lavender but it's definitely more of a pastel cool pink. I'm planning on resetting it in yellow gold to bring out the pink more.
The pair of chunky ripple pearls were the ones I had forgotten about. I think they are quite typical for nucleated large freshwater pearls - pastel apricot/salmon pink. The skins aren't perfect but they are nice play pearls.
22ct yellow gold band in pics for colour reference. And our winter daylight is very much on the cool side.
The necklace was put up as "pink" by the auction house, most likely because that was the predominant colour they saw. I believe it would have gone under "lavender" on Pearl Paradise's website however, as it definitely leans cool. It didn't come with paperwork so I've no idea where it came from, although I wouldn't be too surprised if it was a Pearl Paradise creation - I think the same gold ball clasp was used by them quite a lot some years ago?
This strand is quite a chameleon, looking the pinkest in daylight and changing to an understated warm mauve under yellow fluorescent light. Personally I'm very happy with the colour, as I was looking for a strand that was as true pastel "pink" as possible, not peachy (peach doesn't look great on me) or purple. There is colour variation through out the strand and a few pearls stand out a good bit bluer, and I actually quite like that. The lustre is excellent, my poor phone photos don't capture that but I can see my see my features in the reflections in real life.
And then the baroque pendant was sold as purple/lavender but it's definitely more of a pastel cool pink. I'm planning on resetting it in yellow gold to bring out the pink more.
The pair of chunky ripple pearls were the ones I had forgotten about. I think they are quite typical for nucleated large freshwater pearls - pastel apricot/salmon pink. The skins aren't perfect but they are nice play pearls.
22ct yellow gold band in pics for colour reference. And our winter daylight is very much on the cool side.
Personally I find the whole freshwater peach - pink - lavender continuum quite a fascinating maze. Current trade seems to have peach and lavender established as colour categories, however many pearls seem to fall somewhere in between (plus "lavender is somewhat hard to define...), so it's doubly important to get photos of the actual pearls that you're buying online. Also, purple tends to be a buzz word and commands a higher price than other freshwater colours (which is likely why my baroque pearl above was labeled as such while it would have disappointed someone looking for an intense purple).
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