Featured Some interesting bits in my latest jewellery haul

I would be grateful for any information on these bits i have found. Thank you

The first item is this lovely iridescent green necklace bracelet and earring set. all the clasps are 925 silver, i don't know what the material is, some kind of green coral?




Then i found this pearl necklace, i'm not sure if this kind of pearl is desirable?
no makers mark but an interesting clasp.



And lastly I found these lovely YSL stamped clip on earrings. All the other YSL vintage earrings online seem to be worth a good chunk, but I couldn't find these exact ones anywhere. I wasn't sure if they may be catalogued somewhere?



Thank you for looking!

 

Have you seen these?

https://www.ladoyennevintage.com/Ac...urent-Maltese-Cross-Gripoix-Cabochon-Earrings

Debora

 

Here you go

 

Look fine. Then they came in two versions. Here's the opposite colorway of the pair above.

https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/ear...e-maltese-cross-enamel-earrings/id-v_8794472/

Debora

 

Thank you, I hadn’t found that variation no, I never considered it was the Maltese cross

 

Pure 1980s. Crosses everywhere.

Debora

 

And that Lacroix sweater remains the ultimate example of that trend. I considered converting to justify owning it.

 

Israeli model.

Debora

 

I don't know if those slivery pieces in the first set are considered pearls or simply mother of pearl. It has been dyed to that color. Don't know what the little chips are that complete the necklace, can't see them well. Interesting construction on the bracelet.

The white baroque pearls are not terribly valuable, but not junk either. Cool clasp.

 

The green dyed baroque pearls are probably freshwater and from China.... https://www.pearlsonly.com.au/blog/what-are-baroque-pearls-and-how-valuable-are-they/

 

The baroque white pearls look like Mallorca\Majorica imitation pearls.

 

The green look like dyed Biwa style, the chips look Peridot. I don't think the white ones are Majorica, they use marked clasps, but they may well be another Mallorca maker.

 

Did you mean 'imitation', fake, or 'cultured', artificially induced? I have not seen pearls quite like these, so want to learn if they are not actually nacre.

 

This lives up to my imagining of the priestly breast plate of the high priest of the Israelites.

 

I don't think those are cultured or fake pearls. They look very real to me!
Can someone advise the best way to test for pearls without damaging them? Something, perhaps, beyond the tooth test?

The green ones look like died abalone shell bits and I've not seen that sort of construction before.

 

Cultured pearls are real, they both grow in molluscs. Cultured simply means the mollusc was encouraged to produce a pearl by adding a grain.

 

Imitation! Made of fish scales powder, mixed with resin, applied in several layers and buffed.
From there:
https://www.abc-mallorca.com/history-of-mallorcan-pearls/
To possess genuine pearls was the privilege of the rich and powerful until well into the 19th century. A drop from a pearl oyster was (and still is) rare and valuable, making it a very desirable object. In those days pearls were not only used for necklaces, bracelets, brooches and rings, but more frequently than today, they were twisted into the hair, sewn onto clothes, hats, oriental turbans and gowns for decoration or were used as buttons. In the Middle Ages they adorned magnificent book covers, reliquaries and royal caskets. In short, everything that was to be enhanced in spiritual value, social prestige, or aesthetic appeal was done so with pearl.
The tradition of pearl-making on Mallorca


In view of the price of pearls, people at that time sought affordable alternatives. In the 17th century a rosary manufacturer from Paris discovered that the sticky material on fish scales could be used to coat glass beads. This gave them a certain pearly shimmer. Then, in the 19th century the Japanese invented the cultured pearl bringing an end to the upper-class exclusivity of pearl jewellery. However, for many the breakthrough for pearls as reasonably priced jewellery came about 100 years ago and the demand for pearls increased rapidly in the European capitals. Eduard Hugo Heusch, a German engineer who had emigrated to France, worked in Paris on a process to manufacture artificial pearls and eventually founded a company that he later transferred to Manacor in Mallorca to produce his 'Majórica' pearls.

Making process:

 

Mallorcan pearls (not the best quality here)

The sticks are not mother of pearl\shell, but freshwater cultivated pearls, here are some of mine:

 

I love Majorica pearls, which are the best ones. Ma used to buy them in the sixties, and I've bought more modern pieces.