Pearls are now preferred over diamonds - if recent sales in auction houses are anything to go by . Last
month at Bonhams , famous for its jewelry sales , a pearl solitaire
ring sold for £ 30,000 (10 times its high estimate ), while a pair of
diamond and pearl earrings and a pearl necklace long graduated both sold at double their estimate £ 290,000 and £ 87,600 respectively .As a aficionada pearls, I can not say I 'm surprised this resurgence in popularity . Beyond their flattering effect on the complexion and charm go- with - anything, one has only to think about their history, their charm, mystique , beauty , and how they can attract extraordinary attention to an aspect of personality. Nothing could be more economical and efficient means of displaying wealth boundless as Cleopatra dissolving her pearl earring in a glass of vinegar.
We, of course , tend to associate with beads of the season, this ritual of well- born who started young women into adulthood and , with luck , to a suitable husband . Then, a pearl necklace was present traditional father to his daughter on the occasion of his 18th birthday - beads that could see around each groove from the traditional white dress debutante .
If this custom was established that when Violet Asquith , daughter of future Prime Minister HH Asquith , was released in 1905, and its rich stepfather , who gave a ball for her, gave him a diamond necklace , it n ' was not too happy with this extravagantly generous donation , commenting later that " made me feel good in order that everyone had pearls ."
Indeed, for nearly a hundred years , Country Life magazine featured the portrait of a young woman still wearing her pearl necklace as its frontispiece . These " girls Pearls " photographs became the most famous section of glossy magazine of the 20th century. In other words , the beads were " safe."
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