Need help finding drop/swing earring settings....

[aljdewey]

I''m on the hunt and was hoping some of you could help out.

I''m looking for pictures/ideas on earring settings. I want the settings to be leverback (hinged would be my 2nd choice), and I want the diamonds to hang down from the setting so they swing.

I love the LM style of plat earrings in terms of the head (buttercup fluid style), but I don''t want the diamonds stationary on the ear wire....I want them to swing just below.

Anyone have any ideas/suggestions? Pictures?

 

[mrssalvo]

something like this pair of whitney boin??

 

[chrono]

Leverback with the diamonds (imagine diamonds instead of amethysts, okay?) in a basket setting. The additional link/loop between the basket and the leverback allows the stone to dangle and move.

 

[chrono]

This is the side view of the leverback with the hoop that allows the stone to swing a little.

You can also get this where you can change out the diamond for some other gemstone as your mood strikes.

 

[valeria101]

I like hoe the row of tube-set diamonds worked connecting the larger drop to the ear - in these earrings. for example. It is by no means a one of a kind solution brand new pair using the same trick. For smaller earrings (than those huge aquas!) a stud-style setting sounds allot more common sense than a huge shepherd hook.

 

[widget]

I think the drop leverbacks posted by Chrono might be the best bet...I like something like this, with tiny diamonds fixed above, and loose dangles below:

 

[widget]

I saved this picture ages ago...but shamefully didn''t note who made them! I think it was Platinum Smith. (PLEASE someone correct me if I mis-credited them!!)

I thought they were cool because the drops are interchangeable...

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[widget]

....and of course, my all-time fav...these are antiques, but you'd think someone would manufacture similar findings with or without the second diamonds...but I sure couldn'd find any...

 

[butterfly 17]

How about these?

 

[butterfly 17]

A closeup.