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Antique Stud Earrings with 2.01 ct Old Cut Diamonds in Platinum, circa 1910

€ 6,790.00 ^*

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Antique Stud Earrings with 2.01 ct Old Cut Diamonds in Platinum, circa 1910

Description

This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

The shape of the diamond has evolved over many centuries. For a long time it was technically impossible to change the raw crystal more than rudimentarily, because the diamond is so extraordinarily hard. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was then possible to extract more and more facets from the crystal, and in the course of the 19th century the cuts came closer and closer to the shape we know today as a brilliant. It was not until 1919, however, that Marcel Tolkowsky calculated the ideal shape of the brilliant on an optical-physical basis; the exact shape, which is the standard in Germany today, the so-called fine cut of the practice, was not even determined until 1938. The shape of the modern brilliant was really established after the war. Thus, the brilliant is actually a fairly recent invention – and this also means that if a diamond was cut in the 19th century or at the beginning of the 20th century, the proportions of the stone do not follow the standard of today's brilliant. These so-called "old cuts" were rather cut individually in those days: One wanted to find the optimal way between the best brilliance on the one hand and the least loss of material during cutting on the other hand. We find that it is precisely this individuality that makes old diamonds so particularly interesting. They are less easy to compare, and their value cannot be determined simply by means of a table: Because you have to look at each stone individually to really say whether it has the fire and brilliance you expect from a diamond. The earrings here each set a wonderful old cut diamond in platinum. They are white luminous single carats whose cut reveals that they were cut and set in platinum in the early 20th century. Together they weigh in at 2.015 cts. They have a very nice brilliance, despite the rich inclusion pattern that makes them distinctive. The white gold studs and the friction backs were later renewed to allow the diamonds to be worn safely as studs. The beautiful pair came to us from Vienna and comes with a detailed appraisal from the German Gemstone Appraisal Society.

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€ 6,790.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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