Open Back Setting: Setting in which the back of the stone can be seen; if a rhinestone, usually the crystal is unfoiled.
Opera Length: A necklace which is 48 to 90 inches long.
The technical ability to mount gems with an open back had evolved from the earlier closed back mounting style, but it was not often seen in Georgian jewelry.
A jour (ah zoor): An open back setting that permits light to pass through as in a stained glass window. Alloy: The mixture of two or more metals.
They can be open backed or foil backed. They are normally shinier, and glitzier than rhinestones and they are frequently brilliant cut. They look more like real gem stones.
More open backs soon appeared, though all chairs retained the basic box framework - two uprights, or side rails, a top piece or crest rail, and sometimes a strengthening piece, or cross rails between the side rails.
Acetylene tanks should be transported from the local welding supply in an upright position --to keep the gas inside stable - and secured so they do not fall over or roll around. It is best to transport them in the open back of a pickup truck -- not ...
When the war cut off supplies of stones from Europe, F & K was forced to use American made stones they called "American Ice," most of which were pressed glass rather than machine cut. They usually removed the foil backing for open back setting, ...
The pendant can be detached from the necklace and is made up with 38 brilliant cut open back brackets.
Wedding gift: - given by her father consists of sapphire and diamond suite, ruby and diamond ring, sapphire and diamond earrings.
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