--Previous Message-- : I think you are probably correct in surmising : that the strand worn by Princess Marie : Chantal has cultivated pearls, Alex. : Necklaces with large pearls of the same size : are a modern trend but, of course, that does : not prove that the pearls are cultivated. As : we all know, graduated pearls were the : fashion in former times (except for dog : collars). One easily identifiable necklace : of large natural, graduated pearls is that : of the Duchess of Windsor - see : http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2007/magnificent-jewels-n08371/lot.364.html : The Duchess had a second pearl necklace of : slightly larger cultivated pearls but these : were not uniform in size either. Scroll down : to see a close up of the two necklaces : http://www.jewelsdujour.com/2014/02/the-duchess-of-windsors-pearls/ : I cannot think of another necklace, known to : have natural pearls, which has large pearls : of similar size. Edit. I should have said large pearls of an equal size in the necklace - that is all the pearls in a necklace were/are of a very similar size. : : --Previous Message-- : I was indeed referring to natural, ie not : cultured versus cultured pearls. Natural : pearl necklaces command very high prices : again these days and large size round pearls : such as the Crown Princess's are very rare : as far as I know. : I don't think a natural pearl necklace of : this size, with such wonderfully round and : perfectly matched pearls exists, or ever : existed, for that matter. I would love to : have more opinions on this, but this is my : understanding. : : --Previous Message-- : Alex, I am not sure whether you were : referring : to natural pearls or to genuine cultivated : pearls. : I would be very surprised if these were not : real, but I also suspect that they are : cultivated. What I am fairly confident about : is that they are South Sea pearls. The : colour and size indicate this, as does the : type of lustre, unfortunately not seen to : advantage in these photographs. : Nevertheless, I acknowledge that it is : difficult to gauge these things unless they : can be inspected in person. Some of the : pearls do not seem to be perfectly round, : but this is difficult to judge without a : close up photo, and does not necessarily : indicate that these are natural. Matching a : long rope of such large pearls would take : time, even for cultivated pearls. Strands : which can be divided are a specialty of : Paspaley, the company which has the largest : cultivated pearl farms in Australia, : although other jewellery firms can do : similar joins. : This link shows how the pearls can be : divided or lengthened : : : http://www.paspaley.com/pearls/-pearls-our-promise : About the pearls : http://www.paspaley.com/pearls/virtues : and : for strands : http://www.paspaley.com/collection/strands : Other firms also produce and sell very large : pearls so these do not necessarily have to : be from Paspaley. : It is also possible that the pearls are : natural. Natural pearls are still found : today, and there was a very large pearl : industry in North Queensland and near Darwin : in the Northern Territory (Australia) in the : nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, : long before cultivation commenced. Once : someone becomes accustomed to the lustre of : good South Sea pearls, he/she is rarely a : devotee of other types of white pearls. : I believe that the large pearl necklaces : worn by Crown Princess Mary and Princess : Benedikte of Denmark are South Sea pearls. I : think the Duchess of Gloucester also has : one. : : --Previous Message-- : I would be very surprised if those were : natural pearls - they seem much too big to : be so... : : --Previous Message-- : CP Marie Chantal is a multimilionaire, : please : be sure her jewelry is definatelly very : real...and certainly very expensive... : She has worn those long diamond earrings : before, looking at the size of the stones : I'm sure they must be quite expensive. : : At the CP weeding in Denmark : : : At a more recent event : : : If I am not mistaken the earrings can be : arranged in diferent combinations of : diamonds and size. : : At the prewedding of the Astúrias couple in : 2004 she wore earrings with huge canary : diamonds. : : She also has her fabulous pearl sautoir, : that can be worn as such, or divided into : smaller necklaces and/bracelets. At the time : of her wedding I read it was a gift from her : father, and that such valuable natural pearl : necklaces could cost up to 1-3 million : dollars...(he naturally could afford it). : : As a long sautoir : : : As a smaller pearl necklace and two : bracelets : : : She also has worns several other diamond : earrings in recent times : : : : : : : : (credits to Getty images) : : : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Arthur posted a nice picture of her at the : Golden Wedding. : Her dress as often is from Haute Couture , : but an awful manchette bracelet and her : earrings with large real or fake diamonds ? : Her daughter owns the fringe tiara. : For Queen Fredericka's tiara is it hers ? : This was spoken before ! : Which are his own jewels , I think a great : pearl necklace and... : : : : : : : : : : :
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