[Jewelry making - Article 01078] - [Orchid] Medieval pearl setting

[Graeme Park]

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    Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows how "they" set pearls in the
    medieval era. The sort of setting that interests me is where the
    pearl is bored right through and then mounted on a wire, that is
    attached to a brooch (or something) and the end of the wire is made
    into a ball. Do they just heat the free end of the wire so that it
    melts and forms into a ball? Does that damage the pearl (or sometimes
    stone)? I want to recreate the technique. 

Thank you, Graeme.

 
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