Old Peruzzi - 1.8 G/SI1 (IGI)

[valeria101]

For your viewing pleasure - WWW !

The complete listing shows aditional images from a dozen agles and the IGI report.

Since now these are beeing cut again, I keep wondering how such extreme proportions work out. Much that I can tell, the shape of the former octahedrom still shows through in the Adin stone !

Old habits die Hard ...

 

[Rockdiamond]

Hi Valeria- great to see you!
That is a kewl stone!!!
Did you know that Yoram is doing his best to revive the Peruzzi cut?

 

[valeria101]

Yes ... Noticed the new ones at GemConcepts - very interesting !

Rounded, sharp - cornered... all nice.

Then, there is a new 'random cut' ? Love at first sight.

 

[Rockdiamond]

Right??
I love learning stuff from Yoram....for example: There's people who actually want stones with girdle chips. I can understand funky asymmetrical, but craving chips?
I guess it's like vintage guitars. Companies take a brand new guitar and "chunk it up"- scratches, burns, etc- and then consumers pay extra for it!
Or faded jeans.....

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

I'd love to see the settings that hold them!

cheers--Sharon

 

[valeria101]

Right??
I love learning stuff from Yoram....for example: There's people who actually want stones with girdle chips.

How to explain ... I'd love 'naturals' - like the rough rock Brancusi left in the first Sleeping Muse ,-)

 

[valeria101]

I'd love to see the settings that hold them!

Potentially: This

[on the SJP page you can magnify - enough to see details of each crown ... ]

 

[LightBright]

Right??
I love learning stuff from Yoram....for example: There's people who actually want stones with girdle chips. I can understand funky asymmetrical, but craving chips?
I guess it's like vintage guitars. Companies take a brand new guitar and "chunk it up"- scratches, burns, etc- and then consumers pay extra for it!
Or faded jeans.....

Hi Rockdiamond, I think the DBL description says that Yoram's "random cut" has what looks like chips on the girdle but they are actually naturals. Yoram took a piece of rough and preserved the naturals along the perimeter. Many people including myself don't care about the presence of naturals on a girdle, especially with old cuts. I also notice on the Gem Concepts site that one of the Peruzzi cuts looks like it has a few spots along the girdle that are "frosted" in appearance, which I think indicates that some of the rough was left behind in order to preserve shape, it would be interesting to know if that's the case. In any case, this makes the stone look more authentic IMO. Beautiful work as usual, Yoram!!

 

[Rockdiamond]

Hi LightBright- you are 100% correct- duh.
The term "chips" was poorly chosen.
Thank you for pointing it out.
There's many times a natural could be mistaken for a chip. Wrongly.

 

[valeria101]

The term "chips" was poorly chosen.

Took it for a nice joke -)

The nicks seem right at home on a stone like that - whichever way they came about.

[ The again, your random cut with plumes seems even better than the one with naturals - to me. ]

 

[minimountains]

You say peruzzi and I melt a little. I'm an old cut fan, and longing for a true antique 5 carat peruzzi. One day it will come. They are the most alluring in my opinion. I didn't see a photo of yours but I bet you know how special they are!

 

[valeria101]

I didn't see a photo of yours but I bet you know how special they are!

I do not have one. No plans ... In any case, new are as good as old in my book; I am only interested in the old jewels inasmuch as they show such great variation in this cut !

You remind me of something WWW -


[Now I notice: the small D linked above looks like the minute ghost of that astonishing ... ]

 

[ariel144]

These are delish! Want one too...

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Very cool stone! I am a big fan of everything Yoram cuts, incidentally! I'd love to have one of his Peruzzi's since I am unlikely to find a nice antique one. I do buy antique stones (one, so far) when I find excellent cut ones, though!

 

[valeria101]

... when I find excellent cut ones, though!

I remain with the impression that original ones are - rare - any jewelry with diamonds dating back in the 1700s is, even small stones. [small works ?]

Not sure what excellent cut might have meant at the time - some proportions were proposesd in the 1800s, but, at that point, the already centenary cut model was getting round-cornered & furthered into early brilliants ... I remain with the impression that the D color mentioned above goes for a parallel history that could have been - optimizing optics without loosing the character of the Peruzzi cut !

Then again, perhaps I do not understand this cut: I tend to think of it as a bettered Table cut, still reminding the shape of octahedrons which provides symmetry - perhaps technically impossible otherwise.

Digressing ...

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Thank you for posting this antique Perruzi! It is so interesting to learn about early diamond cuts! I knew nothing about them until I saw Yoram cutting some which interested me!

 

[Tekate]

WOW!!! thank you sooo much for the pointer.. what an interesting, beautiful diamond! always learning on PC..

peace.

For your viewing pleasure - WWW !

The complete listing shows aditional images from a dozen agles and the IGI report.

Since now these are beeing cut again, I keep wondering how such extreme proportions work out. Much that I can tell, the shape of the former octahedrom still shows through in the Adin stone !

Old habits die Hard ...

 

[partgypsy]

wow that is a ROCK! I would love to see something like that in person.

 

[klrrrr]

wow that is a ROCK! I would love to see something like that in person.

I found this thread while researching Peruzzis (I currently have a 2.59 Mazarin-esque Peruzzi on hold). You actually can see this stone in person at the DIVA (Antwerp Diamond Museum). It's there until 2023

@partgypsy