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looking for antique style 3 stone mounting for a yellow center stone |
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| P: 4/12/2004 11:08:10 PM | |
zmre2b Rough Rock Total Posts: 18 Last Post: 5/17/2004 Member Since: 4/8/2004 |
I'm looking for an antique style 3 stone mounting for a yellow center stone (don't have it yet -- and won't get it until I'm sure i have a good mounting for it; it will probably be radiant, but possibly cushion or asscher or princess -- not round). After much online searching and a trip to a couple fancy B&Ms and 47th St. I'm about to give up on a search for nice mounting with these qualities: 1) * 3 stone with trapezoids, trillions, radiant or princess as sidestones. 2) * Antique style (i.e., (filigree, tiny stones, pave, milligrain, engraved, etc.) on the basket/gallery and at least partway down the shank (i.e., nothing modern looking about it). 3) * quality made (i.e., doesn't look like it was stamped out of an old ring machine in China -- these were all over 47th st.). And this is the really hard one 4) * is platinum except for a gold center stone basket/prongs to hold a yellow rectangular (probably radiant) center stone. This is impossible to find together with #2. Tacori seems to come closest with a 3 stone that has gold prongs on the sidestones for yellow sidestones, but not for yellow center stones. Lots of dealers say "Oh yeah, we can make that for you" but they say that about everything and I don't want to have it made unless I can at least see a picture of one first and preferably see it in my hand before having to commit to it. I want to see how the gold is attached to the platinum and make sure it looks good and is a quality job. Anyone have any ideas? I'm about to give up on the yellow center stone. I won't get it unless I know I have a nice setting for it. (In which case I would probably get a Tacori as they seem to have good examples of antique-style 3 stones. Thanks for any help. |
| Posted: 4/12/2004 11:08:10 PM | |
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| P: 4/13/2004 1:33:51 AM | |
valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
Sounds familiar  You may want to look on these two sites: Diamonds by Lauren (/ Picture gallery / Ring Gallery and the 'Sidestones' page) and Jewelryexpert If nothis sounds right, this one (LINK (start at 'Sitemap') seems to have a rather wide collection of ring designs: some better some no different than what you are dissmissiong in your post, some quite nice. It is most useful to check the 'look' a certain designer makes and go to his own website for a better look if they have one. Also, the thread on the "FAQ" forum about moutings has a good collection of hints. Hope this helps Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 4/13/2004 1:33:51 AM | |
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