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A jewelry model is a master design that is copied to make many similar pieces of jewelrey. The model may either be a piece of actual finished jewelrey or a low-cost blank fashioned from base metal. In either case, the model is used to create the casting mold from which all subsequent pieces are made.
Prefabricated models are available from a number of sources to supply the hobby and high-volume jewelrey manufacture trade.
References
Cappellieri, Alba (2010). Twentieth-century Jewelrey: From Art Nouveau to Contemporary Design in Europe and the United States. ISBN978-88-6130-532-8.