Samples of the Process in Shanghai: Fascinating Study of a Disease On another page of this issue we publish an article by a Home expert on artificial jewels, in the course of which reference was made to "culture" pearls, Most people in the East are familiar with these, but probably few have seen the actual process. -As a result of the publication of that article a local gentleman has been kind enough not only to show us samples of these pearls, but likewise to give us inspection of oyster shells showing the culture in different stages of development. The firm represented by the gentleman in question is Messrs. C. A. Martinho Marques & Ca., No. 26A Canton Road, who for some years past have done a considerable export business in this line to Europe and America. Needless to say, these are placed on the market as culture' pearls and nothing else.
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