pwendyp
Shiny_Rock
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- Apr 18, 2007
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Hi people...
I'm hoping there might be one or more people that can help me with this!
I have this platinum mount, that I am hoping (in the pipeline) to set a little ruby into, but am unsure how it ought to be measured?
More importantly perhaps, should it be accurately assessed by a jeweller to be really sure?
I have a loupe and a finely calibrated measuring ruler (not calipers though)and wonder if this will be accurate enough.
Does it need to be measured from the very outside corner to the opposite corner, or from side to side, or from the inner edge of the corner setting?
Just as an aside - how is a setting like this set? Is a groove or notch filed into the inner corner of the four 'prongs' to seat the stone? A fairly deep groove, to allow the stone to sit 'roundly' in the setting, and not see to much of the gallery underneath?
I've been holding onto this mount for the longest time, and have the chance now to get a ruby cut for me, but want to be sure of the sizing.
I love it to pieces, and it was a 'one off' ebay find, that I got for an absolutely fantastic price. It's about 60 years old, but brand new, having never been set, and has little single cuts on the shoulders. Just one tiny little flaw, is that one of the single cuts is set very slightly 'off' - but heck you need a loupe to see it!
All advice gratefully accepted! (eta - the picture is weeny, but the only one I have (I think) I'll check!
I'm hoping there might be one or more people that can help me with this!
I have this platinum mount, that I am hoping (in the pipeline) to set a little ruby into, but am unsure how it ought to be measured?
More importantly perhaps, should it be accurately assessed by a jeweller to be really sure?
I have a loupe and a finely calibrated measuring ruler (not calipers though)and wonder if this will be accurate enough.
Does it need to be measured from the very outside corner to the opposite corner, or from side to side, or from the inner edge of the corner setting?
Just as an aside - how is a setting like this set? Is a groove or notch filed into the inner corner of the four 'prongs' to seat the stone? A fairly deep groove, to allow the stone to sit 'roundly' in the setting, and not see to much of the gallery underneath?
I've been holding onto this mount for the longest time, and have the chance now to get a ruby cut for me, but want to be sure of the sizing.
I love it to pieces, and it was a 'one off' ebay find, that I got for an absolutely fantastic price. It's about 60 years old, but brand new, having never been set, and has little single cuts on the shoulders. Just one tiny little flaw, is that one of the single cuts is set very slightly 'off' - but heck you need a loupe to see it!
All advice gratefully accepted! (eta - the picture is weeny, but the only one I have (I think) I'll check!