Folks confuse "open" with "bead set" all the time. There is a reason for that. I want to make a vital point from the top right of reply. This part can not have thought. Manufacturers spend time on projects and process details for each piece of jewelry they produce. In almost all cases, the manufacturer holds a copyright on the design. Copyright is a legal protection against another company making "knock-offs or duplicate their work and selling the duplicates.
The confusion is in the words used. "Setting the Pearl" is a particular form of setting stones into metal. Pave is more of a drawing of the stones and pearls in series approach is the technique for setting the stones in a pave pattern.
The setting is the technique of heel. Pave is the pattern. One Mans ring could be a stone bead in the center. The stone is bead set but the work is not pave. Think of opening like a cobblestone road or brick after brick, literally paved with bricks. In preparing the idea is to prepare "the surface with stones .. that open. Bead setting is the method to keep the stones in place.
The ring may or may not be set heel. And this is not open. Pave strictly speaking, it covers a large area and not just a row of stones. This does not matter. In fact, the name does not matter if this ring is the look you want. I suspect that the setting is cast party raised poly-how to make it easier to approach real heel adjustment.
It's OK if done correctly and better than bead setting if the bead setting is done in less than the best. Bead setting can provide the same look, but it is more labor intensive to do correctly.
In defining the heel, a sharp chisel-like instrument called the most severe is used to set the stones. First, a seat or hole for the stone is cut into metal. And the worst is pushed down into the metal just to the outside of the stone. The tip of the graver makes metal move towards the stone. This process is repeated until all the stone is secure enough metal for the "corners" to hold firmly.
Then an instrument with a rounded end called a cable tool edge is pressed down on the metal on stone. The beading tool makes the metal in an attractive form beautiful "pearl" of metal. Now you can see where the term "set heel" originates.
Now, here is a matter for thought. How can the ring for a lower cost to you than the ready made one? Considering the prices we charge to make molds, do mergers and set stones for one item only, the price would at least if not more than originally offered by the manufacturer. We do not make copies of copyright designs but enough custom manufacturing to know the real costs of doing a single ring or other jewelry item.
The only way I see the ring to be less costly if the jeweler makes is to use lower quality stones, less stones perhaps or lower karat gold. The ring compound may also be of a quality much less favorable compared with the original ring, a means to reduce costs. If we tried to copy the link that showed, with 14k instead of 19k used, our price for the customer to obtain equal or better technical quality would still be more than some of the other ring makers.
Work to make one ring is the reason and stone setting costs. Our jewelers do all the work and we have skilled people doing only stone setting as do large manufacturers.
Tip: Look closely at the rings or jewelry made by the jeweler with whom you have given. How well did it work? Everything is clean and tidy to the eye? Ask the stone quality, etc. You want a product as good as the original or a step below, or better? These are thoughts to consider seriously. I say this as I see it, and that is right for you.
I do not want to scare copyright. Maybe this will help. To directly copy another design is a violation of copyright. To choose a style "similar" is generally not a violation. For example, many manufacturers make jewelry rings with stones set side by side along a row in a ladies ring. A ring with stones set like this and with decorative sides made up your jeweler but not a direct copy should not be a copyright issue.
A ready made mounting for rows of stones may be available (unset with stones), which will be perfectly fine for you. This is an option I mentioned at the beginning. If a ready made mounting can be found with the desired appearance, the work will probably be less expensive than having a ring from scratch.
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