August Jewel of the Month-2011

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August Jewel of the Month

Bird On A Rock

On exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts from July 30, 2011 - November 2011. Thirty lavish Jewels of Jean Schlumberger (1907 -1987) are presently , but "Bird on a Rock" - one of Jean's (and one of the world's) most fantastical pieces, is not among the exhibit at VMFA, so Antique Jewelry investor. com decided to showcase this amazing piece by Jean Schlumberger for August Jewel-of-the-Month on Antique Jewelry Investor.
This famous Tiffany Diamond is a canary yellow diamond (the largest known of such color) weighing 128.51 carats and cut from a rough diamond weighing 287.42 carats that is believed to be found in 1878 in the Kimberley Mine in South Africa.
It was immediately purchased by Tiffany & Co., New York which has had it displayed at several exhibitions and continuously at its shop in New York City.
This magnificent fancy colored Diamond is cushion cut, cut in Paris with 90 facets, having 40 facets on the crown, 48 on the Pavilion, a Table and a Culet. The 32 facets more than the standard BRILLIANT is what gives the Tiffany diamond its extraordinary Brilliance and Fire.
It was first worn in 1957 at the Tiffany Ball at Newport, Rhode Island by Mrs Sheldon Whitehouse, set in a necklace of white diamonds. The present setting of the diamond was designed in the 1960's by Jean Schlumberger. Jean was engaged as a special designer of jewelry in 1956 and given his own studio.
The “Bird on a Rock” clip of platinum with touches of gold setting designed by Jean is both quirky and fantastically splendid. In it, a small jewel-encrusted bird perches atop the magnificent Tiffany Diamond. Although the Tiffany Diamond is estimated to be one of the most valuable gems in the world, it is free for anyone to look at as they stroll down Fifth Avenue in New York, New York.