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Statue of van Bercken in Antwerp. Lodewyk van Bercken (also known in French as Louis de Berquem) was a mid- to late-15th century Flemish [1] jeweller and diamond cutter, renowned in the industry for inventing the scaif. The device revolutionized the diamond cutting industry and contributed to increased popularity of diamonds.
This attracted orders from European nobility - and attracted other craftsmen to Antwerp. [14] Charles the Bold commissioned him to cut and polish the Florentine Diamond. In the 1890s a diamond industry was established in Antwerp by families of diamonds traders and manufacturers who came from Amsterdam, Netherlands. [15]
HB Antwerp is a diamond cutting and technology company based in Antwerp, Belgium. [2] It was founded in 2020 by Shai de Toledo, Rafael Papismedov, and Oded Mansori. [ 3 ]
Antwerp's history in the diamond trade dates back to as early as the sixteenth century, [70] with the first diamond cutters guild being introduced in 1584. The industry never disappeared from Antwerp, and even experienced a second boom in the early twentieth century. By the year 1924, Antwerp had over 13,000 diamond finishers. [73]
Whether through established diamond trading offices, cutting and polishing factories, or as diamond brokers, Antwerp's Jews established themselves as capable businessmen and -women. Over the course of the past decade, however, much of the wholesale diamond trade has been taken over by the Jain Indian community.
Gabriel S. Tolkowsky (15 September 1939 – 28 May 2023) was a Belgian-Israeli diamond cutter, best known for cutting the Centenary Diamond. [1] He was the great nephew of Marcel Tolkowsky, father of the modern round brilliant diamond cut. [2] He is the sixth generation in his family to become well-known in the diamond cutting trade. [3] [4]
The first major development in diamond cutting came with the "Point Cut" during the later half of the 14th century: the Point Cut follows the natural shape of an octahedral rough diamond crystal, [2] eliminating some waste in the cutting process. Diamond cutting, as well as overall processing, is concentrated in a few cities around the world.
The Antwerpsche Diamantkring was established in 1928 in Antwerp, Belgium, to become the first diamond bourse worldwide that is dedicated exclusively to rough diamonds trade. [1] It is a member of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses. 85% of the world’s diamond supply is traded in Antwerp, and in particular in the Antwerpsche Diamantkring ...