At the end of the Five Mile Road in Jersey’s coastal parish of St.Ouen you will find Jersey Pearl. This is where, for thirty years, our family’s vocation has been to create and curate wonderful pearl jewellery.
Learning about gemstones such as diamonds and rubies or precious metals are a matter of geology and chemistry whereas pearls are a product of living creatures and so are more a study of Biology. Pearls are naturally grown by shelled creatures called molluscs that live in saltwater seas and oceans or freshwater lakes and rivers all over the world.
Natural and Cultured pearls are both real pearls, grown by the same animals. The difference is that pearl farmers have initiated the process of forming a Cultured Pearl, whereas Natural Pearls started growing by chance in the wild. Here’s a look at how we started farming pearls.