The RENAISSANCE saw flooded with pearls the real cuts of Europe . Since pearls were so well considered, several European countries approved laws prohibiting the use of pearls by citizens who did not belong to the nobility. During the European expansion towards the New World, the discovery of pearls in waters of Central America contributed to the wealth of Europe. Unfortunately, the greed and the avidity by pearls of the sea caused that all the population of american oisters were practically exhausted towards Century XVII.

Until principles of Century XX, natural pearls were only reachable for the rich and the famous ones. In 1916, the famous French jeweler Jacques Cartier bought his historical establishment in the Fifth Avenue of the city of New York when interchanging two necklaces of pearls by the valuable property.

Nowadays, with the coming of the cultivated pearls, these jewels are within reach of the pocket of any person. Cultivated pearls have the same properties that natural pearls and are cultivated in alive oisters. The only difference is just a little bit of breath that puts the human being. +BACK