14K Gold Pearl & Diamond Cluster Earrings - Three Pearl Bud

Pearl and Diamond Cluster Earrings - Three Pearls in a Gold Bud

Three small round cultured pearls to each ear, roughly 3.5mm across, gathered inside a curl of gold that opens at the top into two pointed leaves. Three tiny round diamonds sit in the crook below them, catching the light where the gold turns. The pearls are white with a soft rose warmth in the lustre and the surface is clean enough to hold a sharp reflection. The pair weighs 1.95 grams in 14k solid gold.

Small pearls are chosen, not cut, and that is the work in a piece like this. Six had to be found in one size, one shape and one overtone, because a cluster shows any mismatch immediately - one flatter pearl or one greyer pearl and the group stops reading as a bud and starts reading as three separate beads. The gold does the rest of the job by curling around rather than gripping, so the pearls sit in the setting the way seeds sit in a pod.

FAQs

1. How big are they on the ear?
Small. Three 3.5mm pearls in a gold curl comes to well under a centimetre and a half across - a true stud that sits flat against the lobe.

2. Are the diamonds real?
Yes, six natural round diamonds, three to each earring, claw-set below the pearl cluster. They are small by design - the pearls are meant to be the light in this piece.

3. Are the pearls natural or cultured?
Cultured, like effectively all pearls in jewellery of this period. Cultured means a real pearl grown by a real oyster around a seeded start, not an imitation.

4. Can I wear them every day?
Yes, with one habit: put them on last and take them off first. Pearls are softer than almost anything else you will wear and perfume, hairspray and even sweat dull the surface over time. Wipe them with a soft damp cloth after wearing.

5. How should pearls be stored?
Separately, in a soft pouch, and not sealed in plastic for years - nacre needs a little moisture and will craze if kept bone dry. Never use an ultrasonic cleaner and never soak them. For the gold, see our Gold Care Card.

How to Style the Pearl and Diamond Clusters

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