Description
20k antique diamond pendant set with hand cut diamonds.
The round pendant is actually only 1cm (excluding bail), yet the diamonds are fairly big, each with a size ranging between 2mm to 3mm.
The beauty of these hand cut diamonds is how they look like they were just ‘mined’, their facets uneven but organic in form.
Each diamond is raw and natural, some whiter than others. They were cut ‘thick’, conceived to shine as a whole, not individually.
This is from the turn of the last century, likely to be at least 90 years old.
The diamonds form an early version of rose cut diamonds, the latter would be faceted more symmetrically.
The pendant is part of Straits Chinese jewelry, with hand cut diamonds very similar to Georgian and early Victorian jewelry.
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