Seed Pearl Necklace and Bracelets

[L Verge]

"With all due respect, Laurie, you are just wrong about the seed pearl jewelry being worn to the inaugural ball. You said quite clearly that a seed pearl necklace would never be worn atop a lace collar such as that depicted in the dag image. It is thoroughly documented that Mary wore the lace collar in tandem with the blue silk gown to the ball. This is supported by contemporaneous newspaper accounts as pointed out in previous posts on this thread. There is absolutely no corroborative evidence to support the claim by you and other respondents on this subject."

With all due respect, James, prove us wrong. You haven't even answered my question as to how you know the debated collar was Point d'Alencon lace. Frankly, I feel that the collar, the lace, and the seed pearls are not of primary interest here. The spurious dag and the possibility of finding a naive buyer would be my concern, if I owned the photo.