The small parts that hold jewellery together: clasps, earring backs, ear wires, bails and rings. Each one drawn, with the names the trade uses for it, how it stays shut and what it suits. Click a drawing to see a part open.
About this page: a visual glossary of common findings and the trade names used for them in English (US and UK names noted). Descriptions follow standard trade usage as in Jewelers Mutual, Types of earring backs, and the general glossaries of findings (Finding (jewelcrafting), Jump rings). Drawings are schematic, not to scale.
To do before publishing: trade names in Thai, Chinese, Italian, French and German, to be supplied or checked by native-speaking members of the trade rather than machine translated.