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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pat P, post: 12751, member: 201&quot;]I&#039;m by no means an expert, but can share the little I know...</p><p><br /></p><p>-- It&#039;s a good sign, but not definitive, that the cord is knotted between the beads.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- If the cord is knotted in the little bead tips (the part between the last bead and the clasp), and then strung back through the last beads rather than being cut off at the bead tip, that may also be a good sign. </p><p><br /></p><p>-- I started using very similar sterling clasps in the early 70s, and they&#039;re still made today. I don&#039;t know when they were first made.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- To my eye, the surface looks like they may be genuine pearls. But there are glass pearls coated with a natural substance that look very similar. If I remember correctly, the coating is made from fish scales -- I know, weird![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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