What Are Drop Pearl Earrings?
Aquarian Pearls designers create beautiful pairs of drop pearl earrings and are created using the oval shaped or tear dropped shaped pearls from the annual south sea pearl harvests. In cultivating cultured pearls, south sea cultured pearl farmers insert a round nucleus into a host oyster then leave Nature to take over and create a pearl in the following shapes; round, near round, drop, oval, button, semi baroque and baroque.
History of Drop Pearl Earrings
Throughout history numerous pictures depict Ladies wearing drop pearl earrings, a classic example being Johannes Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring painted in 1665 by the Dutch Master. In 1590 a famous painting commissioned by Sir Francis Drake depicts Queen Elizabeth 1st in full regalia prior to the defeat of the Spanish Armada, literally dripping in drop pearls and sporting magnificent drop pearl earrings, quite possibly plundered from The New World which The Americas were referred to as Queen Elizabeth 2nd, Princess Diana and Princess Catherine of England all wear/wore drop pearl earrings, and closer to home esteemed Australians such as Julie Bishop and… have been seen out and about in their magnificent drop pearl earrings.
Where are Drop Pearl Earrings Cultivated?
There is something so classic and elegant about the drop and oval shapes of these drop pearls earrings that denotes class and style and sophistication. All the major south sea pearl cultivation centers produce cultured pearl drops and ovals. French Polynesia / Tahiti produces more tear drop shaped earrings pearls than oval shapes utilising Pinctada Margeritafera oysters, while Australia produces beautiful white pink often oval and drop pearl earrings, the pearls are produced in the underwater pearl farms in the far north and north west of the continent. Pearl cultivators in The Philippines use Pinctada Maxima oysters which closer to the equator produce rich deep golden colours for its Drop pearl earrings. Drop pearl earrings especially clean bright cream rose coloured oval pearls are produced from pearls cultivated in Burma and these are magnificent in their lustre and colour.
Drop pearl earrings can be paired with diamonds and coloured stones with semi-precious stones or simply set in just gold but they always seem to symbolise elegance and regality and with the pearls aura of beauty and clarity and Serenity, drop pearl earrings will enhance any wardrobe and delight the wearer.
