The Setting: Antique Single-Halo Wide-Band High-Open-Basket
- 18K White and Yellow Gold with UK Hallmark
- 25mmx20mm Visual Top Dimension
- Wide Band with only minor thinning on lower shank
- Single Halo and diamond encrusted upper band
- Four Single Top-Round Corner Prongs with first basket ring in Yellow Gold
- Total 0.63 carats of 92 conflict-free diamonds in VS (or better) and color H (or better)
- 8.30 gram (incl. gems)
- Size USA 7 (re-sizing free of charge)
Comment: Mix of yellow and white gold with simple and single halo around an oval giant emerald from Zambia. Take note, that we have a rectangular halo around an oval stone, leaving 'untidy' corners open with see-through spaces. This is not an oversight in the design but a classical trick to produce an 'antique' character. And, in fact, you would expect to see such a ring on the emperor's finger as he decides the gladiator's fate in a Hollywood movie. And it is an emperor's size, too. David's signature style: the gallery is build high up (and then some) and the gem elevated on-top so that we have the highest possible head and can marvel at the intense color from every side.
The Stone:
- Un-oiled & Untreated Zambian Emerald 9.84 carat
- Square Emerald: 14.34x12.76x5.66 mm
- Cut Oval: Mixed/Step
- Color Grade: Excellent
- Tone: Medium 50
- Color Zoning: None
- Clarity: Lightly Included / Silky
- Cutting Grade: Very Good (see comment)
- Depth: 44%
- Brilliancy: 50%
- Origin: Zambia
Treatment: None
Certificate: WGI 19624102378
Overall Grade: Very Good+
Comment: Almost ten carats of eye-clean 14x12mm emerald! A size Cleopatra would have admired; today it is an even more remarkable piece of high-quality untreated emerald. The bright but vivid green exhibits a silky sheen but only very few and minute inclusions. In its bright shiny green close to Colombian gems. 44% depth give the gem a Medium 50 tone but without any window what-so-ever. See under more images, how clean and transparent the body remains from different angles, while, at the same time, a softly glowing body shows off a liquid quality throughout the complete crystal. See also the close-up image with the silvery 'jardine' amidst the green body. Kingly, queenly, imperial, regal .... in any case a head turning gem with unlimited future value.
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