Emerald City
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Jun 1, 2020
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Hello again, lovely jewel enthusiasts! I posted a couple of days ago about needing help for my first full-blown ring design project, and I cannot thank you enough for the help I have received! People brought up issues that never crossed my naive little mind, and that thread made me realise I need to tread cautiously as I am a true newb at designing jewelry. Yet here I am, diving into a second project! (Is designing two pieces simultaneously madness??)
I'd promised in that thread to post separately about my beloved amethyst rivière necklace, so here it is. 14k yellow gold, with green and rose gold accents in the form of rosebuds and leaves. The amethysts are huge and stunning! It is really old and I acquired it from the great-granddaughter of its original owner; it has a Cuban-style chain extender that is obviously not original, and there are bits missing from its intricate stone settings. I took it to my jeweler to see if I could get the missing parts re-made, but he said that the use of lead as solder by previous jewelers meant that it cannot be worked on, ever. I guess I hold out hope that perhaps someone, somewhere, can still fix it! Was he right? Is there no hope for filling the holes left by parts falling out?
The second thing is that I have NO amethyst earrings to speak of, so I never wear the poor thing. I want to design earrings to match, but I'm not sure what would complement the necklace the best. I was thinking of making reproductions of the amethyst settings and having dangle earrings, with three amethysts per earring. The smallest amethyst would be a stud on my ear (but with the same setting as the amethysts in the necklace, only smaller), then a larger amethyst, then an even larger amethyst at the bottom. All three would have the same settings as the amethysts in the necklace, which would mean somehow copying the settings but changing the size of said settings.
How does my idea sound? Please let me know if you need a picture to help you see what I mean. Now on to the photos of the necklace!
I'd promised in that thread to post separately about my beloved amethyst rivière necklace, so here it is. 14k yellow gold, with green and rose gold accents in the form of rosebuds and leaves. The amethysts are huge and stunning! It is really old and I acquired it from the great-granddaughter of its original owner; it has a Cuban-style chain extender that is obviously not original, and there are bits missing from its intricate stone settings. I took it to my jeweler to see if I could get the missing parts re-made, but he said that the use of lead as solder by previous jewelers meant that it cannot be worked on, ever. I guess I hold out hope that perhaps someone, somewhere, can still fix it! Was he right? Is there no hope for filling the holes left by parts falling out?
The second thing is that I have NO amethyst earrings to speak of, so I never wear the poor thing. I want to design earrings to match, but I'm not sure what would complement the necklace the best. I was thinking of making reproductions of the amethyst settings and having dangle earrings, with three amethysts per earring. The smallest amethyst would be a stud on my ear (but with the same setting as the amethysts in the necklace, only smaller), then a larger amethyst, then an even larger amethyst at the bottom. All three would have the same settings as the amethysts in the necklace, which would mean somehow copying the settings but changing the size of said settings.
How does my idea sound? Please let me know if you need a picture to help you see what I mean. Now on to the photos of the necklace!