Description
Materials: natural earth-mined diamonds, solid silver
Weight: 71.4 grams total (50.3 g pendant + 20.1 g earrings)
Workmanship origin: Portugal
Dimension of pendant: 86 mm width x 61 mm height
Dimension of earrings: 46 mm height x 23 mm width
Dimension of diamonds: 259 total (two table cuts, the rest rose cuts, measured in mm) — one 8.5 x 7 oval, one 6 x 6.5 oval, one 6.5 x 5.75 pear, two 6 x 5.5 pear, one 6.5 x 6.25 oval, one 7.5 x 5 pear, one 6.5 x 6 oval, two 5 x 5 triangular, thirty-three 3.6 x 2.4 pear, eight 2.8 x 2 pear, seventeen 2.5 x 1.8 pear, four 3.8 x 2.5 oval, four 3.2 x 2.7 triangular, seven 3 x 1.8 oval, twelve 1.5 x 1.5 oval, sixteen 2.5 x 2.2 oval, eighteen 3 x 2.4 oval, one 3 x 2.25 triangular, two 3.5 x 2 pear, two 1.8 x 1.2 oval, seven 2.75 x 2.25 oval, three 2.4 x 2 oval, seventeen 3 x 2 oval, one 4 x 3 oval, two 4.75 x 4 pear, one 3.6 x 3 oval, one 2.75 x 2.75 oval, one 3.4 x 2.7 oval, two 2.2 x 2.2 round, three 4 x 2 oval, eight 2.2 x 1.5 oval, one 4 x 3.4 pear, one 3.4 x 2.6 table cut, one 3.5 x 3 oval, two 3.4 x 1.6 oval, three 3 x 1.2 oval, two 3 x 1.6 oval, six 2 x 1.2 oval, two 3.6 x 2 oval, twenty-six 2.6 x 1.4 oval, one 4 x 4 triangular, one 3 x 2.5 table cut, nine 2.2 x 1.6 pear, eight 2 x 1.6 oval, two 2.6 x 2.2 pear, eleven 3 x 1.6 pear, three 3.4 x 2 pear
Approx. weight of diamonds: 7 ctw (ten largest diamonds being approx. 0.58 ct, 0.33 ct, 0.26 ct, 0.23 ct, 0.35 ct, 0.24 ct, 0.33 ct, 0.15 ct)
Condition: center gold loop to the back of the pendant is a later addition. There’s a solder mark to the base of one earring’s ear wire (difficult to notice). Age-related tarnish and patina to the silver and parts of the silver foiling; age-related surface wear throughout. Otherwise this demi-parure is in original condition without further modifications or repairs. All diamonds appear to be original. Please note that, due to their historic characters, the diamonds contain natural flaws such as inclusions, feathers, indented naturals, cavities, and a few cleavage-like fractures. However, the largest diamonds are generally of a superior quality for jewels of this type from this period, with lovely scintillation and an overall appearance of water.