Bead Setting
A method of securing a facetted stone. A small burr of metal is raised with a graver and worked to the edge of the stone. This burr is then burnished with a concave tipped punch into a small ball over the girdle of the stone.
Bead setting: A setting in which the prongs are formed (raised) by an engraving tool to secure the stone in a setting. These prongs are then rounded and pushed over the edge of a stone with a beading tool.
Bead Setting
A setting wherein the gemstone is held with beads as opposed to prongs. The beads are set in place using a beading tool, and to the naked eye, it appears as though the stone is held by beaded prongs.
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bead setting
A method of securing a facetted stone, it is normally used to secure very small gemstones, usually in multiples.
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Bead Setting
The same beading technique may be used on a ring in which the diamonds are spaced slightly apart. In this instance the gold work is much more of a statement and a design element.
Bead Setting: A variety of gemstone setting in which the clamps over the edge of the stone are formed by pressing into the metal a punch which has a hemispherical hollow, which forms the bead.
Bead Setting
A style of setting where the small prongs that hold the stone are made with a beading tool
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BEAD SETTING A method of setting stones even with the surface of a metal by raising beads from the metal itself. The beads act as prongs to secure the stones.
Bead Setting
In bead setting, stones are placed in holes that have been drilled out on the surface of a jewelry item. For this purpose, a seat is prepared on the metal surface, by using a standard setting bur, to place the stone.
Bead Setting
A decorative setting in which stones are set evenly with the metal surface and secured by small metal bead-like prongs.
Three bead setting: Variation of the square prong setting where each corner post is formed into three round beads instead of the usual float top. The corner itself forms one bead with the other two adjacent to it at the side toward the diamond.
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If you are looking to figure out the difference between a bead setting and a prong setting or pave and bezel, don't look any further than our Ring Setting Guide.
Bead Setting Diamonds with Pavé Applications. Erlanger, KY: Dry Ridge, 1985.
Wooding, Robert R. Channel Setting Diamonds with Illustrated Procedures. Erlanger, KY: Dry Ridge, 1987.
Wykoff, Gerald L.
It can be set into prong or bezel or bead setting. Buyer should ensure that the setting is done well while buying this beautiful asset.
- A time-consuming style of setting produced by drilling tapered holes in a metal base to seat the gemstones, then securing them with tiny beads formed from the surrounding metal. In current usage it has often come to mean any type of bead setting.
 See also: Diamond, Stone, Jewel, Setting, Jewelry
  
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