I was very excited to find this.  And it's... okay.  I wasn't hoping for magnificent but it's not even "really nice".

The graduated part is pretty, it's very delicate and sophisticated, it seems well made, but it's blah.  There is no luster whatsoever on the larger pearls.  The smallest ones (in the back, and who's going to look at those!) have a nice luster but the ones you actually see are basically matte, no shine at all.

Thankfully it's a gift for someone who wouldn't know the difference between nice pearls and ... these.

I can't give these fewer than three stars because they're a very reasonable price for a jewelry box staple, but they are like a pair of jeans - you need them but no one's going to be excited to buy them.