How we Construct Our Necklaces, Bracelets,
Earrings, Tiaras and Hair Combs
Stringing a Necklace
Each lustrous pearl is individually examined and hand-selected.
Each individual design is hand-strung with meticulous care. Pearly Queen designs often mix and match pearls with gorgeous semi-precious stones and 925 Sterling Silver beads.
They are painstakingly threaded by hand onto extremely strong silk thread, professionally knotted and finished with 925 Sterling Silver findings and beautifully crafted 925 Sterling Silver clasps.
A properly strung and knotted necklace should form a puddle in the palm of your hand and move like a silk scarf over your skin. Cheaply strung necklaces are often on stiff and scratchy nylon thread with an inferior “crimped” bead finish and a substandard clasp.
Each Pearly Queen item is offered in an elegant black linen-look presentation box.
The Silver Used
Quality is of paramount importance to Pearly Queen and therefore,
only the finest components are used. All pearls are strung on
extremely strong silk thread and all findings are made from 925
Sterling Silver.
Sterling Silver: is 92.5% pure silver mixed with an alloy of 7.5% (usually copper) to make it more durable as pure silver is too soft to work with.
Britannia Silver: is 95.84% pure silver mixed with copper. Other than pure silver, this is the best silver, but because of its high silver content it is obviously much more expensive.
Tibetan Silver: genuine Tibetan silver is often made from Sterling silver. Any metal can make up the remaining 7.5 percent non-silver portion, though copper is the most common. Unlike Sterling silver, which is used for jewellery because of its combination of beauty and durability, much of what is marketed as “Tibetan Silver” doesn't match the quality of Sterling silver; the actual silver content can be as low as 1% or 2% and/or the core material may actually be a tin and antimony alloy, which allows fake Tibetan silver to be sold for much cheaper than the real thing. Recent metallurgical testing of 7 items labelled as Tibetan Silver indicate that not only do these articles frequently contain no silver whatsoever, but that high levels of lead and other dangerous metals such as arsenic, can be present.
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