Imported from India and China, seed pearls were strung on white horsehair or silk and sewn to mother-of-pearl templates to create elaborate designs. The typical seed pearl parure was composed of a pair of bracelets, a brooch, a pair (or two) of …

Jan 20, 2017 · In 1861 president Lincoln purchased a demi-parure of seed pearl jewelry, from Tiffany &Co., for his wife and first lady Mary Todd Lincoln to wear to the President's inaugural ball.

Jun 20, 2018 · This set of seed pearl jewelry from the 1830s is referred to as a parure, essentially a matching suite of jewelry comprising interchangle pieces that expand the wearability of the set.

Jun 6, 2017 · The complete parure (suite) of seed pearl jewelry would have consists of a collar necklace, a pair of bracelets, a pair of earrings, one or possibly two brooches, and a corsage brooch and cost around $1,000.

A parure (a set of matching jewels) of real natural seed pearls. Some 200 years old and in the finest condition and it comes in its original box from the jeweler: Hamlet. His sign reads: ""Hamlet Goldsmith & Jeweller To Their Majesties & Royal Family, Princes Street Leicester Square"".

A true masterpiece is this parure comprising a necklace, brooch, earrings and bracelet: it was made in meticulous handwork of countless small natural pearls, sewn with white horsehair onto plates of mother of pearl.

A 19th century seed pearl parure The necklace composed of a series of seed pearl scrolls with flowerhead and foliate clusters, accompanied by two bracelets of velvet, four brooches, and a pair of earrings, plus one spare piece, lengths: necklace 39.5cm, bracelets 16.5cm, brooches 10.5cm, 4.0cm and 2.5cm, earring 4.0cm, spare piece 2.9cm, cased (8)

Consisting of an immense amount of natural seed pearls in the finest condition sewn on mother of pearl, this specific Georgian parure from 1810 is a delicate beauty.

Seed pearls well matched in colour, of various shapes and sizes. A few strands broken with traces of later repairs, some discolouration to glue. Choker and necklace clasps secure. Earring pendants detachable from cluster surmounts. In good condition. Accompanied by fitted case.

Jun 29, 2005 · The drop-shaped pendant of stylised foliate cluster design, composed of a mother-of-pearl plaque set throughout with seed pearls, together with a pair of matching smaller pendants, one small pendant damaged, seed pearls have not been tested to determine natural or cultured origin, together with a fitted case by 'Lambert Silversmith and ...