The clasp is made from 14 k gold - there are thousands of jewelry manufacturers. I could safely say that there's no one on the planet that will be spending hours researching the fish hook with letter A without even seeing the mark on the clasp or more importantly - the Pearls. It is your Pearls that really count and what really need examining. Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted. It's an Einstein quote:-) ... An appraisal would be recommended here.