Mother of Pearl Jewelry

Exclusive mother of pearl jewelry comes from the magpie shell and has a heavy layer of mother of pearl on the inside, the mother of pearl is used by our artisans to make jewelry such as ear studs, pendants, earrings, rings, necklaces but also for engraving mermaids and miniature marine figurines. All of these unique pieces of art are finished with either Sterling Silver or 14ky gold. Please see our shop section for more images and products.

The magpie shell or mother of pearl, also known as the whelk shell locally known as the “Kiwa" shell has been used as food supply just like its bigger cousin the “queen conch” locally known as the "karko"shell for centuries on the Caribbean islands. The local people consider both an aphrodisiac. Our magpie jewelry is considered one of a kind.

Mother of pearl pendant, finished with gold	Original magpie shell with thick mother of pearl layer.

Origin and uses of Mother of Pearl Jewelry

Mother pearl also known as nacre is an organic or inorganic compound which is naturally occurring. Nacre is a mineral mixture secreted by mollusks and other oysters. These deposited minerals coats and protects the natural bodies of nacre from external objects and other parasites.

Layers of calcium carbonate which is crystal in form and conchiolin, a protein substance providing gluing of elements make up nacre. The colours and luster of most nacre depends on thickness of the layers produced and on the number of layers it carries.

Nacre crapper be sourced out from pearl oysters living in tropical and warm seas. The oysters generally springy in numerous rivers of Europe, United States and Asia. They also exist in destined abalones of Japan, California and other regions in the Pacific.

The term care of pearls has been cited way back 1500s. Even though pearls are admired nowadays, cultures from the past looked upon the colorful bits of care of pearl as digit of their collectible items of jewelry.

This beautiful substance with its luxurious glow and luster crapper be made into individual types of adornment that crapper be used in some occasions. Jewelry produced from care of pearl belongs to the group organic adornment and includes all adornment coming from plants and other living creature.

Although care of pearl is not a fully grown pearl, it presents aesthetic look which are not offered by most round pearls. These gems are popular for any time of the year. The colours depart from offense pastels to bolder brighter shades. All care of pearls have deep radiant luster which they are famous for.

Designers mix and match care of pearl to different adornment especially those which are silver-based, because digit colored adornment is complimenting each other. Mother of pearl are usually found in addition to pink and other traditionally creamy colored pearls.

Some of the uses of Mother of Pearl throughout history.

1. Tiles. Mother of pearls crapper be laminated to instrumentation or marble base tiles. They are closely put together and placed using bare safekeeping so such similar in doing an irregular mosaic. Typically, the laminated material is 1/16 inch thick.

2. Architectural purposes. White and black care of pearl crapper be tinted artificially to some colours and crapper be use in some structures.

3. Sheets. Instead of tiles, care of pearl crapper be glued to fiber glass. A lightweight material on sheet sizes crapper then be produced. The sheets crapper be used both in interior and exterior of the floors, walls, doors, ceilings or countertops. The sheets crapper also be inserted on furniture and other architectural designs.

4. Sinks. The pearls crapper be used in porcelain sinks. It crapper be cut and laminated and installed in instrumentation tiles to create artistically colored designs. The pearls crapper be polished at any time to create glossy and durable hornlike surface.

5. Buttons for shirts are traditionally made from care of pearls but recent developments replaced the pearls with plastic materials. There are those broad end products still using care of pearls for buttons same Lacoste.

6. In the watch dial of watches, specifically Rolex care of pearl crapper be seen.

7. The pearls crapper also be decorative ornaments on singable instruments. Examples are the key touches of saxophones, guitars and trumpets.

There is such adornment available consisting of care of pearls. Manufacturers have innovated destined designs and color to satisfy the needs of consumers. There are those sterling silver and chromatic topaz necklaces and pendants, bracelet with links, watches and brooch all with elemental surprise of care of pearl.

Mother of pearls has been developed throughout the centuries and have grown to be worthy of attention.