Hancocks
3.12ct Old European Brilliant Diamond Bombe Style Ring
A beautiful old cut diamond bombe ring by Hancocks, centred with a bright and lively old European brilliant cut diamond weighing 3.12ct and of I colour and VVS2 clarity claw set within a beautiful bombe-style handmade platinum mount exquisitely pierced throughout to create a repeating pattern of fine fish scale motifs with millegrain edges, each set to the centre with a tiny single cut diamond to a tapering ribbed shank.
£75,000.00
Information
Maker
Hancocks
Origin
London
Period
Contemporary
Gemstone
3.12ct I VVS2 old European brilliant cut diamond with GIA certificate
Setting
Platinum with maker's marks and London assay marks
Dimensions
UK finger size L 1/2, US size 6 (Can be adjusted to any size)
Head 20mm wide x 13.5mm tall x 7.5mm high off the finger
Band 3mm wide at centre back
Weight Description
9 grams
REF
127518
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 19thCentury 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.
