Jewelry

[esmeraldagooch]

AliJoi5, Did you have a chance to photgraph your cameo's yet?

[muttmom]

Stunning jewelry.

[anisha]

Morganite  today. Sorry, the lighting was terrible and does nothing for the stone. 

[esmeraldagooch]

That morganite if pretty Anisha.  Is that a JR piece too?

[AliJoi5]

Pretty, pretty @anisha!!  I think setting this stone in rose gold is a must.  ENJOY!!

@esmeraldagooch  No, but I'm going to do it right now! 

[AliJoi5]

Hi Ezzy - Here are some of the pieces my grandmother left me, inlcuding the cameos. 

I believe this one is blue agate, as opposed to traditional conch, and freshwater pearls.  The profile of the young girl in this one is my favorite.  She's so beautiful with all of the flowers in her flowing hair.  And she's holding a lily with a fairy in it!  

Conch cameo bracelet and ring, 14kyg.  I believe she brought these over from Italy.

Not a cameo, as you can see, but a lovely piece she left me.  It's 3 cts. of diamonds in 14kyg.  I love wearing this one because the heart makes me feel close to her. 

[AliJoi5]

And here are some of the pearl pieces I mentioned before, since I know you are the pearl queen, Ezzy!

Natural multi-color akoya strand from PP (I believe these are 8.5-9mm).  Not a dramatic difference in color like the freshwaters, but you can see some pinks, golds, and blues in there.  These are clean as a whistle.

Natural multi-color round freshwaters.  These are also exceptionally clean and might be my faves.  They are 10-11mm, I believe.

These are actually from Honora... 16mm graduated natural multi-color round ming (freshwater) pearls.  Beautiful luster, but you can see the texture in the nacre on these.

Mikimoto Tahitian with diamonds in 18kwg.  I believe it's 10mm.

The matching pendant.  Couldn't get the colors to show up properly in this one.

This is also Mikimoto but is graduated pink sapphires... they go from deep pink to white.  I love this band.  Purchased all of the Mikimoto pieces in the Japan pavilion at Epcot.  lol

And that's all she wrote! 

[esmeraldagooch]

Nice collection of pearls and cameo's alijoi5.  Pearl necklaces holding cameo's is like peas and carrots.  (forrest gump)

[AliJoi5]

lol  Agreed!  Thanks Ezzy. 

[esmeraldagooch]

Alihoi5,  Did you buy the Edison/Ming pearls recently?