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Originally Posted by purepearls The leaf does not appear to be set to the pearl. It looks like the leaf is on a ring that attaches to the bale setting. |
Wouldn't be surprised... most of the fancy pearl caps I've handled have nothing to do with attaching pear to bale - the job is done by a peg hidden beneath the showy cap.
At least some of these had the function of protecting the pearl from direct contact with the heavy fabrics and (scratchy) metal embroidery of old fashions, by speading beyond the diameter of the pearl - like the setting of the
Regente does. IMO, that's one lovely bit of ingeniosity. And the pearl remains freely suspended in all its naked glorry, to boot:
Strangely, this was ment to be worn both hanghing like this and upside down in circlet.
'Naugh with that... I have a small library of such designs. Most way more subtle.
Can't see any reason to scrimp on workmanship and design on a piece like that. Especially if the natural shape of the pear demands a purposeful showcase.
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Originally Posted by Satine De La Courcel
The way the leaves are it kinda looks as if someone were trying to envision the whole thing as a pear as if it were just plucked from the tree ...
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At least that's more straight forward then...
is that an eggplant that the setting of the Pearl of Asia is meant to represent?
I like the thing... got to admit: the dark colored gem droplet appears to enhance the whiteness and iridescence of the pearl (IMO). Blamed the 'eggplant' analogy on my sparse knowledge of Asian jewelry symbols. If it's supposed to mean something, haven't got a clue
Same for the other edibles: bean pods, peaches, peppers and chili that appear seriously represented in the finest jade and tourmaline and what not. Got to do something about that one day
