Hancocks
2.01ct Old Mine Cushion Cut Diamond Ring with Tapered Baguette Shoulders.
A beautiful old cut diamond ring by Hancocks, centred with a bright and lively cushion shaped old mine brilliant cut diamond weighing 2.01ct and of G colour and SI1 clarity claw set in platinum to a diamond-set gallery between shoulders of bezel set tapered baguette diamonds, all to an 18ct yellow gold plain D-shape band.
£35,000.00
Information
Maker
Hancocks
Origin
London
Period
Contemporary
Gemstone
2.01ct G SI1 old mine brilliant cut diamond with GIA certificate
2 x tapered baguettes weighing 0.33cts together
8 x round brilliants in the gallery 0.04ct total
Setting
18ct yellow gold with maker's marks and London assay marks
Dimensions
UK finger size K 1/2, US size 5.5 (adjustable to all finger sizes)
Weight Description
4 grams
REF
126323
Director’s Notes
Old mine brilliants or old miners are either square or rectangular cushion shaped diamonds with clearly rounded corners and sides. The style developed after the discovery of diamonds in Brazil in about 1725 which facilitated experiments in cutting due to the large increase in available stones. Eager as ever to retain as much weight as possible, cutters still followed the shape of the rough crystals but now corners became more rounded and the number of facets increased. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa during the late 1860’s coincided with revolutionised mechanical cutting methods. This saw the fashion for new round cut diamonds replace these cushion shaped stones which then became known as ‘old mine’ diamonds. Today the name old mine brilliant still describes a cushion shaped diamond with a small table facet, high crown and polished culet. These features allow old mine cuts to have a huge amount of fire and life, even in dimly-lit environments.
