Our story
A pearl shop with a workshop upstairs, on Harbour Lane since 1998 (sample).
Since 1998 (sample)
A small pearl house with a workshop upstairs
Harbour Lane Pearls (sample) buys pearls by the strand from farms we know, sorts them by hand and knots every necklace in the workshop above the shop.
Come in to look, to ask, or to bring a strand that belonged to someone before you.
We knot between every pearl. If the silk ever breaks, you lose one pearl, not the whole strand.
The stringer’s note
4
pearl types, all farmed
4–16 mm
from seed pearls to South Sea
7 days
to restring a necklace (sample)
1998
first strand knotted here (sample)
Year by year
How a market stall became a shop with a workshop (sample).
1998
A stall at the harbour market
Freshwater strands, knotted at the kitchen table.
2004
The shop on Harbour Lane
Two cases, one counter and daylight lamps for viewings.
2011
The workshop upstairs
A stringing bench and a restringing service for any strand.
2020
Saltwater pearls
Akoya, Tahitian and South Sea strands bought directly from three farms.
Three pairs of hands behind every strand
One person buys the pearls, one sorts and matches them, one knots them on silk. You will meet at least two of them at the counter (sample).
Lena Ortiz
Owner and pearl buyer (sample)
Mia Chen
Sorting and matching (sample)
Ruth Adler
Stringer, 22 years at the bench (sample)
Book a private viewing
Half an hour at the counter with the pieces you want to see, laid out on a white card under daylight lamps. Free, and there is no need to buy.
Phone
(555) 016-3300
Tuesday to Saturday
[email protected]
We reply within a day
Address
14 Harbour Lane, Springfield (sample)
Tue–Sat 10:00–18:00