US1811520A - Jewel setting - Google Patents

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M. J. SCHLESS JEWEL SETTING June 23, 1931.

Filed Aug. 4, 1930 4' gwuentoz Maurice J SclzIeS- 331 H s Q'HTQM/W/IQO Patented June 23, 1931 UNITED STATES MAURICE J. SCHLESS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

JEWEL SETTING Application filed August 4, 1930. Serial No 472,868.

This invention relates to a setting for ewels and other ornamental stones.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a setting which will greatly enhance O the appearance of a jewel or other ornamental stone, when secured therein, by making the jewel or stone appear larger than it really is; and in the case of a jewel cut with a round face or what is known in the trade as a bril liant cut, the invention seeks to make the stoneappear as a square stone or one of other more valuable shape.

The foregoing objects are attained by mounting a jewel in a plate formed and designed so as to present a substantially rectangular or other regular polygonal surface around the stone in such manner that it continues the reflection of the stone to straight side margins of a rectangle or other polygon. The plate is so formed that the stone mounted therein appears to be secured by four or more straight-sided and bevelled securing elements or prongs in the body of the article of jewelry which it is to ornament.

These and other objects of the invention and the means for their attainment will be more apparent from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating one em- 30 bodiment by which the invention may be realized, and in which Figure 1 is a view showing, in plan, the di play face of a jewel mounted in the novel set ting of this invention.

Figure 2 is a View, in plan, showing a plate for a setting constructed according to this in vention.

Figure 3 is a view, in plan, of a jewel setting box for the plate.

Figure 4 is a view in elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view along the line 55 of Figure 1 showing a jewel mounted in the setting.

Referring first to Figures 3 and 4, a substantially rectangular boxlike member forms the base or support for the jewel setting of this invention. The sides of the boX 10 are cut away, as at 11. In Figures 2, 4 so and 5, there is shown a plate 12 also of substantially rectangular shape, superimposed upon the box 10, which plate is provided with cutaway portions 13 upon each of its four sides adapted to register with the cutout portions 11 of the box. The plate 12 is formed with an opening 15, preferably centrally'located, which is tapered to conform generally to the shape of the under surface of the jewel or other ornamental stone 16 to be mounted therein. The plate 12 is secured upon the box by soldering the corners 17 thereof to the corners 9 of the box 10or. attaching vthem together in some other equally practical manner. The straight-sided corner portions 17 of'the plate 12, defined by the cutouts 13, are milled to form ledges consisting of the vertical surfaces 18 and the horizontal reflecting surfaces 19 disposed belowthe surface of the plate 12. The outer margins of ledgesare bevelled, if desired, to form inclined reflecting surfaces 20.

'The jewel or other ornamental stone 16 is secured in the plate 12in any convenient manner. As shown, the opening 15 is formed with aslightly .crilnped edge into which the stone is sprung, as illustrated in Figure 5. The cutaway portions 11 of the jewel box 10 coincide or register with the cutaway portions 13 of plate 12 so that the corners 17 of the plate 12 entirely cover the corresponding corner portions 9 of the box 10 be tween the cutouts 11 and, as'seen in lan view in Figure 1, only the bottom sur aces 14 of the cutouts 11 of the box 10 are visible. These, being much below the. corners 17, give the effect on the eye of the observer that the corners 17 are prongs engaging a jewel.

The fiat surface of the plate 12, being made of any suitable metal for jewelry settings and being highly polished, reflects light which merges with the reflection from the jewel and thereby the jewel appears of an increased area. Since the box is rectangular, the jewel appears of a rectangular shape. This gives the impression of a larger jewel cut to a more valuable shape. The corners 17 of the plate produce the effect of prongs, which, by virtue of the cutouts 11, appear raised a substantial distance from the body of the article of j ewelry which the jewel is to ornament, as if for the purpose of providing suflicient room for the anterior portion of the large stone which appears to be mounted therein. While in the embodiment illustrated there is shown a round jewel, it is to be understood that a. square or other shaped stone may be used, the

' opening. 15. beingmade to conform to whatever shape jewel is employed.

The box 10 is attached to the article of jewelry It will a new and useful jewel setting which by its novel formation enhances the beauty ofany jewel mounted therein and greatly increases the value thereof by causing the mounted stone to appear ofa more valuable shape and size. Y Y- Various modifications will occur to those skilled in the art in the composition, configuration and disposition of the component elements going to make up the invention as a whole,as well as in the selection and combination of such component elements and no limitation isintended by the phraseology of the foregoing Specification, or illustrations in theaccompanying drawings, except as indicatedin the appended claims.

What isclaimed is I v '1. In a jewel setting, a substantially rectan gular mounting plate formed with a jewel receiving aperture, means to secure a jewel therein, attaching meansv integral with the 7 plate and comprising projecting corners having straight sides parallel to. the sides of the plateand being cut away on the upper surfaces to form recessed reflecting surfaces lying in a plane parallel'to the plane of the plate surface. a

2. In combination a substantially rectangular plate formed with a jewel receiving aperture, jewel securing means, attaching means integral with the plate'and comprising projecting corners having sides parallel to .the

- sides of the plate, a supporting jewel setbetween ting box comprising four substantially rectangular walls with upper portions cut away to v the corners in'a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the face of the plate. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. 1 l MAURICE J.-SCHLESS.

in any customary or desired manner.

thus be seen that there is provided form a recessed surface on each side

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