[Jewelry making - Article 00008] - Re: [Orchid] Medieval pearl setting

[Philip Beeslaar]

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    Securing a drilled pearl might have been set in the following
    manner. A wire pin is soldered onto the piece the length cut to 3/4
    the size of the pearl. the wire stub is then sawn in half with a thin
    blade.The ball end is made from simalar wire with the ball melted
    onto the wire and cut 3/4 the length of thepearl. this wire stub is
    then formed like a v or chisel point. The pearl is inserted into the
    first stub on the piece and the ball section inserted into the other
    side.with only the slightest of pressure the ball section is pushed
    into the cut section which causes the cu t wire to expand and so hold
    the pearl in place. 

    i hope this could be of some use to you. 

philip beeslaar

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