Hancocks

5.40ct Fancy Yellow Old European Cut Diamond & White Diamond Cluster Ring

A handcrafted 5.40ct Fancy Yellow Old European cut and white diamond halo ring by Hancocks. The central fancy yellow old cut diamond is surrounded by white Old European cut diamonds set in a platinum scalloped floral cluster design to a 18ct yellow gold band with signature hand engraving with decorative detailing and millegraining.

£95,000.00
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Information

Maker
Hancocks
Origin
London
Period
Contemporary
Period
Contemporary
Gemstone
5.40ct Fancy Yellow VS2 Old European Brilliant cut diamond - with GIA certificate. 10 x Old European brilliant cut white diamonds of G/H VS grade with a combined weight of 3.30cts.
Setting
18ct yellow gold and platinum
Dimensions
Finger size M 1/2 (Can be adjusted to fit any finger size) Head of Ring: 20x20mm Band width: 2mm
Weight Description
9.1 grams
REF
129358

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 facet, 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 fire (the coloured flashes of light you see in a diamond) from inside the stone than we typically see in modern cut diamonds. During the 1900s and 1910s the profile of these old European cut stones slowly starts to flatten out and later stones lose the depth of the older stones.

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.