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A blue diamond with the same shape, size, and color as the Hope Diamond was recorded by John Francillon as in the possession of the London diamond merchant Daniel Eliason in September 1812, the earliest point when the history of the Hope Diamond can be definitively fixed, [14] [18] although a second, less definitive report claims that the Hope ...
The model also shows that the Hope diamond was cut between 1792 (when the French diamond was stolen) and 1812 (when the English blue diamond appeared). [ 13 ] Finally, according to the Museum's archives, it was Henry Philip Hope , after the death of his brother Thomas, who was the legal owner of the cut diamond until his death in 1839.
A blue diamond with the same shape, size, and color as the Hope Diamond was recorded in Eliason's possession in September 1812, the earliest point when the history of the Hope Diamond can be definitively fixed. John Francillon wrote a memorandum describing the large superfine blue diamond
Henry Philip Hope, (Henry Bone, after Head) He was a prominent collector of gems, including the Hope Diamond (a blue diamond of 45.52 carats (9.104 g)) and a large pearl of 1,800 grains (or 90 g) [3] which still bear the name of Hope. The catalogue of his collection was published by Bram Hertz shortly after his death.
The Hope Diamond is housed in the National Gem and Mineral Collection at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. [71] The Regent Diamond passed through French monarchs Charles X and Napoleon Bonaparte to the Government of France , and is now part of the French Crown Jewels on display in the Louvre , Paris [ 31 ] [ 32 ]
How the South African diamond company is leading the effort to guarantee ethically mined diamonds, while baking philanthropy into the company DNA.
A small image of Francillon's memorandum can be seen at PBS Treasures of the World [7] page which provides details of the Hope Diamond's provenance.; The Francillon Memo is pictured in highlights for a December 2010 special on the "Secrets of the Hope Diamond" [8] for the National Geographic Channel.
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in oriental costume, 1679. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) [1] [2] was a 17th-century French gem merchant and traveler. [3] Tavernier, a private individual and merchant traveling at his own expense, covered, by his own account, 60,000 leagues in making six voyages to Persia and India between the years 1630 and 1668.