Earring back

EARRING BACK:
A disk or bead that attaches to an earring post to secure the earring in place on the ear.
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Earring Back - An earring back is a disk or bead that attaches to an earring post to secure the earring in place.
Earring Jacket - This earring piece is designed with a hole, allowing a stud earring to hold it in place.

Earring Back
Earring Back or a Catch is a piece that fits onto the earring post in order to protect the earring from falling off.

Earring back: A disk or bead that fits over an earring post and holds the earring securely in place, like a catch.
Earring jacket: A small piece of jewelry with a hole pierced in the center designed to be held onto the ear with a stud earring.

Earring Back: Also known as a clutch it is a piece of metal or plastic with a hole for an earring post to side through and that holds the earring on the ear lobe.

CLUTCH An earring back, also called a push back which uses friction to secure itself against an earring post and hold an earring against the ear
CLUSTER RING A ring set with many gemstones. The gemstones may be of similar or different colors or sizes.

Fishhook Earring Back
An earring finding shaped like a fishhook with the 'hook' part going through the pierced portion of the ear.

A French back is an earring back for non-pierced ears where the earring is tightened against the earlobe by means of a screw.
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Earring Back Design:The type of attachment used to connect the front part of an earring with the back. RELATED TERMS: See Hinged, Lever Back, Omega Back, Screw Back, Friction Post.

In the early 1930s, the clip-on earring back was patented, opening up a new style of earring that primarily rested on the ear. Yard designed a distinctive ear-clip style that curved up the lobe.

To help keep your earrings from flopping forward, the answer is simple, large diameter earring backs. You can either purchase large earring backs, or clear plastic discs that slip on before the earring back.

Wingback Earrings Concerning the earring backs, there is a double hoop of gold or silver which fits into the ear cradle and there is a thick curved post that holds them onto the ear by looping upward in back of the ear ...

ear nut - first referred to the tapped earring back used with threaded earring posts, but now refers to any earring back whether for threaded posts or friction posts.

Push On Screw Off Earring Backs
A small metal back is pushed onto the earring's post and unscrewed when removed.

Radiant-Cut
An eight-sided rectangular or square-cut stone with approximately 70 facets.

Clutch: A device that is slid along a post to secure a piece of jewelry, such as the earring back of a stud for pierced ears.
Cocktail Ring: A large oversized ring set with precious or semiprecious stones popular during the 1940s and 1950s.

FINDINGS - Findings are the components that jewellery makers use to assemble their jewellery and include items such as clasps, earring backs and hooks.
FINENESS - The proportion of precious metal in an alloy expressed as parts per 1000.

2 golden earring backs
2 tipped rods
2 thin rings
0.25 mm nylon thread (size B)
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Needle for beads (not necessary but if you wish) Attention: make sure the holes in the beads are big enough to pass the thread folded in two ...

Findings are the parts that jewelers use in making jewelry. For example, clasps, hooks, pin backs, jump rings, and earring backs are findings.
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You can always identify Mikimoto jewelry by our trademark: either the outline of an oyster or the Mikimoto name engraved on every jewel. This can be found on the clasp, ring shank or earring back.

Ear Nut: A clutch with a hole through which an earring post is attached to secure the earring to the earlobe. The friction version has two curved wings that grasp a grooved post. Also referred to as earring back, clutch, push back, or clutch back.

We also offer safety plastic earring backs with all earrings purchased for children - please ask for a free pair when you purchase. Butterflies that ‘screw' onto the ear for extra security are sometimes found on diamond earrings.

See also: Jewel, Earring, Gold, Diamond, Cut