Jewelry Settings

À jour (from French: jour = day) is a term used in gem setting to describe open worked backgrounds, created by sawing or ...
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A basket mount is a fancy setting for a gemstone that is pierced to give the setting a lacy or basket look.Edwardian Diamond and ...
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Bead setting is a method of securing a faceted stone. A small burr of metal is raised with a graver, worked at a ...
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A belcher ring has a flush setting, similar to a gypsy ring, whereby the prongs are cut into the mounting. The ...
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  A bezel setting is one where a ring or rim of metal, perpendicular to the surface of the item ...
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Channel-Set French-Cut Diamond Band.Channel setting is a style of gemstone setting that involves placing a line of stones girdle-to-girdle in a ...
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Claw setting is accomplished by cutting prongs into or soldering them to the outside of a collet or bezel. The ...
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A clawed collet is a bezel (or collet) that has prongs incised into or soldered onto its sides for the ...
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Closed settings are used when it is desirable to have metal behind the stone so that no part of the ...
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A Collet setting is designed as a ring or rim of metal, rising perpendicular to the surface of the item ...
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A coronet setting is a circular setting with high prongs that gets its name from its resemblance to a crown ...
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Crown Setting.A crown setting is a pronged setting for a gemstone that in profile looks like a crown ...
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Diaperwork is a repeating ornamental pattern of one or more designs where one outline figures into the shape of the ...
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Encrustation consists of inlaid precious metals, pearls or stones into the surface of an item for the purpose of decoration ...
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An entourage ring is a ring with a large center stone surrounded by a row of smaller stones, usually diamonds. The most common ...
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A flush mount is a manner of setting a gemstone, usually a diamond, in a way that the table of ...
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A gallery is a border of repetitive design which surrounds a jewelry item, usually to set a large stone in ...
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A gypsy setting is used for rings where the stone is secured not by a collet but by recessing the ...
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A habillé is a cameo in which jewelry, earrings, for instance, is incorporated in the portrait. These highly collectible cameos came in ...
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Horror vacui (from Latin: "fear of empty space") refers to a tendency to completely decorate the surface of jewels, watches ...
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An illusion setting is a prong setting designed to make a diamond look bigger than it actually is. This is accomplished by a ring ...
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Invisible settings, also know as serti invisible, are comprised of stones that have been calibrated to very close tolerances and are ...
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An open back setting is one that allows a transparent gem to be set so that light can be transmitted through the ...
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Pavé translates as a paving-stone setting. In this technique many small stones are set very close together in order to ...
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The place on jewelry, or the finding where a gem can be attached by one of several means, usually involving ...
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Solitaire comes from the French word for "alone" and refers to diamonds that are set alone in a ring, as ...
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Star setting is one in which a gemstone is placed into the center of an engraved star. The stone is held in ...
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Introduced by Tiffany & Co. in 1886, the Tiffany setting refers to a six-prong tapered round setting with long slender prongs that ...
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In a tube setting the stone is placed inside the open end of a precious metal seamless tube with the ...
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