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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 9505137, member: 5398"]Your earrings are very attractive. I agree with Any Jewelry that they're hand assembled and hand soldered using cast design elements, which could have been purchased from a different company. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the main clues that your earrings are factory-made costume jewelry is the way the center cabochon is set. The tips of the bezel setting stand straight (not curved to fit the cabochon), which makes it quick and easy for semi-skilled workers to glue in the stone.</p><p><br /></p><p>In handmade jewelry, a skilled jeweler would use a special burnishing tool to push bezel points in to hold the cabochon in place (without or with glue). I suppose it’s possible there’s some handmade jewelry with cast bezels, but there would probably be other signs that it’s handmade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also agree with OBB that there’s fabulous handmade costume jewelry out there, but it’s probably more likely to be called “art jewelry,” which can be made from inexpensive materials but command high prices because of the design and/or use of unconventional materials.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 9505137, member: 5398"]Your earrings are very attractive. I agree with Any Jewelry that they're hand assembled and hand soldered using cast design elements, which could have been purchased from a different company. One of the main clues that your earrings are factory-made costume jewelry is the way the center cabochon is set. The tips of the bezel setting stand straight (not curved to fit the cabochon), which makes it quick and easy for semi-skilled workers to glue in the stone. In handmade jewelry, a skilled jeweler would use a special burnishing tool to push bezel points in to hold the cabochon in place (without or with glue). I suppose it’s possible there’s some handmade jewelry with cast bezels, but there would probably be other signs that it’s handmade. I also agree with OBB that there’s fabulous handmade costume jewelry out there, but it’s probably more likely to be called “art jewelry,” which can be made from inexpensive materials but command high prices because of the design and/or use of unconventional materials.[/QUOTE]
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