Throughout history pearls have been of grate importance and have taken a part in the mythology of almost any culture that have met them. Because of the rarity of genuine pearls, and as also their shimmering beauty and mystic it is not strange that they could be considered a gift from the Gods.

"Queen Of The Jewels "has a thrilling story far beyond what a modern wearers of jewelry can imagine. A necklace of genuine pearls in graduated sizes was a treasure of incredible value, and since the beginning of time, pearls have existed among the world's most expensive jewelry. Before the production of cultured pearls in the early 1800s pearls was so rare and expensive that only the nobility and the wealthiest sections of society could dream of owning these treasures.
Nobody knows where human beings first began to collect and wear pearls, but whatever the origin their popularity spread through the world for a millennia. In the Hindu culture, pearls were associated with the moon and became symbols of love and purity. Hindu texts tells that it was Krishna who discovered the first pearl, and that he gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter. In Islamic tradition, pearls are valued even higher. The Koran speaks of pearls as one of the rewards in paradise, and the pearl has become a symbol of perfection. Christianity took the pearl as a symbol of chastity and pearls used to decorate liturgical objects. Today we often associate the pearls with brides and weddings, perhaps a relationship that has its origin back to the stories of Krishna and his daughter.
Precious gems have been symbols of power for the upper class and royalty. They where worn in every possible way: as jewelry, in crowns and sewn on clothing and household items. The largest pearls became brooches, and strings of pearls hung in bundles at the decolletage and headgear. For portraits and artwork that depicts the upper class dressed in costumes decorated with Pearl jewelery, the rich use of pearls is studied through the centuries.
A now lost, or hidden away pearl owned by England's King Charles I. Artist Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) painted several portraits of the king, which shows the large drop-shaped pearl, hanging from his left ear. In the painting "In Charles, from the Three Angels" (1636) accentuated the great pearl. During Queen Elizabeth I's government, was a wealthy merchant, Thomas Gresham, known to possess a large genuine pearl. In a toast to celebrate the Queen and impress the Spanish ambassador, Sir Gresham was said to have crushed the pearl and drank it up, dissolved in a glass of wine.
The world's most famous gem is "La Reine De Pearl 'or' La Pellegrina". This large round pearl was measured at 27.5 carats, and was part of the French crown jewels. The valuation of the royal treasury inventory from 1791, to the astonishing value of 200 000 francs. The list describes the Pearl as a virgin pearl, the perfect curves, from the finest water. During the war that followed the French Revolution in 1792 the largest part of the French crown jewels became stolen from the Garde-Meuble in which they were stored, and the thieves fled with the priceless pearl. It is said that the pearl fell into the hands of brothers Zozima, jewelers at the Russian Czar's court, who quickly dubbed the pearl "La Pellegrina" (the incomparable).
"La Pellegrina" slipped away quietly to a collector, and was unknown for many years. It reappeared at an auction at Christie's 1987th There pearl was sold at a price of U.S. $ 500,000.

When new technology was developed for polished stones in the 1700s, gems and diamonds became as precious and popular as pearls. In the royal families the women could wear the full set of pearls and diamonds - a matching set of necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches, dress and hair jewelry. At the beginning of the 1800s the discovery of new mussel pearl in the Pacific Ocean the resulted in the renewed interest in pearls. At that time, it was the growing middle classes in Europe, the U.S. Who had an interest and could afford to buy pearls. Small freshwater pearls from India and China was preferred. The jewelers threaded them on to silk or white horse hair. The jewelery was so delicate that they looked like lace, and they were regarded as symbols of fidelity and modesty. As the 1900s began, people started in the West to wear pearls even at less formal settings, a fashion that still remains. New design in the art of jewelry, was mirroring art nouveau, preferring irregular shaped freshwater pearls and 1920s fashionistas who wore long pearl necklaces when dancing the Charleston. Artificial pearls became fashionable, and Coco Channel mixed its imitation jewelry with pearls and made them into daily jewelry. In the 1930s, cultured pearls from Japan reached the European and American market, pearls became real popular again in the late 50's, when Jacqueline Kennedy brought them into the world of fashion again.