Hi all,
I recently posted about a bezel setting for an inherited stone (appraiser says it's a "modern european cut from around the 1940s"). When we had it appraised we realized that the table was horribly tilted. If you put the set stone table down the whole setting looked crooked. He said that any reputable shop would have set for the table to be parallel to the setting, even if the stone was cut strangely. The setter, on the other hand, says that the table is a bit off from the crown, so they set in order to make the crown flush with the setting. Long story short, we told them we want to the table to be flat and to do whatever custom work necessary to make that happen. Was that a mistake? Have you ever heard of something like this? The appraiser says the stone isn't terribly asymmetrical, and doesn't understand why they didn't just build up the metal under part of the crown to make it even. But before we get too upset with the jeweler, does anyone here have a setting that the stone is intentionally "off"? Does this sound legit?
I recently posted about a bezel setting for an inherited stone (appraiser says it's a "modern european cut from around the 1940s"). When we had it appraised we realized that the table was horribly tilted. If you put the set stone table down the whole setting looked crooked. He said that any reputable shop would have set for the table to be parallel to the setting, even if the stone was cut strangely. The setter, on the other hand, says that the table is a bit off from the crown, so they set in order to make the crown flush with the setting. Long story short, we told them we want to the table to be flat and to do whatever custom work necessary to make that happen. Was that a mistake? Have you ever heard of something like this? The appraiser says the stone isn't terribly asymmetrical, and doesn't understand why they didn't just build up the metal under part of the crown to make it even. But before we get too upset with the jeweler, does anyone here have a setting that the stone is intentionally "off"? Does this sound legit?