Aquamarine & Diamond Earrings by Tony White
Tony White, pair of aquamarine and diamond earrings, featuring an estimated 3.21ct and a 3.49ct oval cut aquamarine, each bezel set in 18ct white gold with a side spray of eighteen pave set round brilliant cut diamonds, total estimated diamond weight 2.30ct, with post and ear clip to the verso for pierced ears, stamped '750 White', 18.88 grams length 0.91 in.
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- Pave Setting - Pave setting is a style of setting stones in jewellery where the small stones are placed close together in holes drilled in the metal, the burr of the metal around the stone being pressed over the edges to hold the stone in position.
- Brilliant Cut - In their naturally occuring state diamonds have little life or sparkle and for many centuries were simply cut in half and worn in amulets. Invented at the end of the 17th century by a Venetian diamond cutter, a "brilliant cut" diamond has 58 facets arranged in a regular geometric relationship, with 33 above the crown and 25 below on the pavilion.
The introduction of the brilliant cut increased the popularity of diamonds in jewellery as it was the first cut to reveal the fire of the diamond, with the light being internally reflected from one facet to another, and was superior to the previously used table cut and rose cut.Variants to the brilliant cut have emerged since the end of the 17th century, but the popularity of the original brilliant cut has continued to the present time, where it is still the most commonly found cut.
. - Bezel - On a clock or watch, the bezel is the metal frame into which the watch or clock glass is fitted. In clocks, the bezel may include a hinge and a flange, in effect a door to the face of the clock. In jewellery the bezel is a band of metal with a projecting lip that holds the gemstone in its setting.
- Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
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