tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455677227382920243.post6163763414405770220..comments2023-10-03T00:21:10.100-07:00Comments on Calicos, Camelots and Swords: Did you say PEARLS ! Tara Mancinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13500516025998893586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455677227382920243.post-1849213447504231822017-11-12T19:25:29.035-08:002017-11-12T19:25:29.035-08:00I had heard about this, but I am not familiar with...I had heard about this, but I am not familiar with the details. Thank you for pointing this out ! Tara Mancinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500516025998893586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455677227382920243.post-14468288282913613352017-11-12T05:01:03.868-08:002017-11-12T05:01:03.868-08:00I noticed how the pearls in your early records are...I noticed how the pearls in your early records are sold in small quantities, but turn up in strands and bundles in the second half of the century. The early, expensive, ones are probably genuine pearls, while the ones sold by the strand were imitations. Also, some of the records say "Venetian pearls" - methods for making imitation pearls were known in Italy already in the 15th century (https://books.google.se/books?id=xYHjpNjimsoC&q=jaquin#v=snippet&q=jaquin&f=false). By the 17th century, pearls were very fashionable, so there must've been a large market for imitations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com