Hancocks

1.43ct Old European Cut Diamond & Platinum Ring

An old cut diamond and platinum ring by Hancocks. The handcrafted ring is set to the centre with a 1.43ct old European cut diamond set in a six claw setting, the shoulders accented with dovetail set round single cut diamonds and with signature hand engraved decorative detailing and millegraining on the band.

£14,500.00
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Information

Maker
Hancocks
Origin
London
Period
Contemporary
Period
Contemporary
Gemstone
1.43ct I VS2 old European brilliant cut diamond - with GIA certificate 22 x single cut diamonds in the setting at 0.32cts.
Setting
Platinum with maker's marks and London assay marks
Dimensions
Can be adjusted to any size
Weight Description
3.5 grams
REF
125603-M

Director’s Notes

The old European brilliant cut is the forefather of today’s modern round brilliant cut diamond. It was developed towards the end of the 19th Century when new machinery was invented, in particular the motor-driven saw, which allowed diamonds to be cut in attractive, symmetrical round shapes without wasting the excess rough crystal that was cut off. This revolutionised the industry and gradually, through a process of trial and error, cutters discovered which proportions produced the finest balance of brilliance and fire within these new round stones. Diamonds were now able to dazzle even in the dimly candle-lit rooms of the turn of the century. Along with their characteristic polished culet facets, finely cut old European brilliants can be distinguished from their modern counterparts by their higher crowns and smaller table facets. These features combine to create a greater amount of spectral colour-flashes from inside the stone than we typically see in modern cut diamonds.

A classic diamond ring by Hancocks centred on a beautiful old European brilliant cut diamond weighing 1.21cts and of E colour and VVS2 clarity four claw set between tapering shoulders set with single cut diamonds, all to a finely crafted platinum mount with scrolling foliate hand engraving.

About The Maker

Hancocks

Within the archives of the London jewellers Hancocks, there exists the most extraordinary book.  Large, heavy and showing distinct signs of age it is filled with page after page of diary entries documenting almost one hundred and twenty years of not only company history but social history as well.