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2. Stonesetting - Wikipedia

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   A bezel set sapphire. The earliest known technique of attaching stones to jewelry was bezel setting. A bezel is a strip of metal bent into the shape and size of the stone and then soldered to the piece of jewelry. The stone is then inserted into the bezel, and the metal edge of the bezel pressed over the edge of the stone, holding it in place.

3. Medieval jewelry - Wikipedia

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   The main material used for jewelry design in antiquity and leading into the Middle Ages was gold. [1] Many different techniques were used to create working surfaces and add decoration to those surfaces to produce the jewelry, including soldering , plating and gilding, repoussé , chasing , inlay, enameling, filigree and granulation, stamping ...

4. Navaratna - Wikipedia

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   Thailand's "Queen Sirikit Navaratna" necklace.. Navaratna (Sanskrit: नवरत्न) is a Sanskrit compound word meaning "nine gems" or "ratnas".Jewellery created in this style has important cultural significance in many southern, and south-eastern Asian cultures as a symbol of wealth, and status, and is claimed to yield talismanic benefits towards health and well-being.

5. Bench jeweler - Wikipedia

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   Generally, the special order jewelers take a design, either their own or a customer's, and turn it into a piece of finished jewelry from start to finish. This process, like model making , can be fairly simple Wax Carving to be cast into metal, or it can involve very complex fabrication skills building the piece out of the actual metal using a ...

6. Bezel (jewellery) - Wikipedia

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   Modern bezel settings typically use a band of metal containing a groove and a flange (i.e. projecting lip) to hold a watch crystal or gemstone in its setting. This was the earliest method of setting gemstones into jewelry. In historic examples, such rings were often made by leaving a hole or slot in the ring with a thin lip which was bent over ...

7. Jewels of Elizabeth II - Wikipedia

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   A gift from King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, it is a necklace in design and set with brilliant and baguette cut diamonds. King Faisal bought the necklace, made by the American jeweller Harry Winston , and presented it to Elizabeth II while on a state visit to the United Kingdom in 1967.