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Find Out MoreA really fine quality, old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod... diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use... studded crescent moon brooch. It was made circa 1880 when such brooches were in high demand. They symbolized “new beginnings” so would have been given as a marriage gift or for the birth of a child. The back plate unscrews so it may well have been used as part of a tiara when not being worn as a brooch. It was retailed by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company in Regent Street who were “By Royal Appointment to the King”.
Unmarked, tested to 15ct gold & silver
Case marked on the silk inside By appointment to the King. The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Ltd. 112 Regent Street London
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