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2. Stonesetting - Wikipedia

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   There are many types of setting that use the bead setting technique. When many stones are set closely together in this fashion, roughly 1 millimetre (0.039 in) apart, [7] covering a surface, this is known as a "pavé" setting, from the French for "paved" or "cobblestoned". When a long line is engraved into the metal going up to each of the ...

3. List of jewellery types - Wikipedia

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   This page was last edited on 25 December 2024, at 14:17 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

4. Inventory of Elizabeth I - Wikipedia

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   A cup of gold with imagery the knop a crown imperial and about border of the cover and the foot a crown garnished with 61 pearls. [8] no. 49 A jewelled gold cup given to James VI of Scotland at the christening of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle on 30 August 1594. [9] no. 75 A cup of "assaye" of gold fair wrought and enamelled.

5. Gold-filled jewelry - Wikipedia

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   If the gold layer is 12 kt or higher, the minimum layer of karat gold in an item stamped gold-filled marks must equal at least 1 ⁄ 20th the total weight of the item. The most common stamps found on gold-filled jewelry are 1 ⁄ 20th 12kt GF and 1 ⁄ 20th 14kt GF. Also common is 1 ⁄ 10th 10kt. These standards are for modern gold-filled items.

6. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   The Vulci set of jewelry; early 5th century; gold, glass, rock crystal, agate and carnelian; various dimensions; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) Earring in the form of a dolphin; 5th century BC; gold; 2.1 by 1.4 by 4.9 centimetres (0.83 in × 0.55 in × 1.93 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art

7. Casket (decorative box) - Wikipedia

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   An Italian jewelry casket, 1857, carved walnut, lined with red velvet. A casket [1] is a decorative box or container that is usually smaller than a chest and is typically decorated. In recent centuries they are often used as boxes for jewelry, but in earlier periods they were also used for keeping important documents and many other purposes. [2]

8. Granulation (jewellery) - Wikipedia

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   There are three basic techniques that may be used to attach granules to a metal surface: hard soldering, fusing and colloidal soldering. The metals used in granulation are usually gold and/or silver alloys of high purity – alloys below 18 kt. gold and sterling silver being unsuitable. With each technique, the process begins with the making of ...

9. Troy weight - Wikipedia

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   Troy weights were first used in England in the 15th century and were made official for gold and silver in 1527. [1] The British Imperial system of weights and measures (also known as Imperial units ) was established in 1824, prior to which the troy weight system was a subset of pre-Imperial English units .