Loose early transitional cut natural diamond:
This is a classic example of the transitional cut diamond was a diamond that was the crossover cut from the earlier European cut diamond and the round brilliant cut diamond that we know today. The transitional cut diamond was seen as early as 1900 and even as late as the 1950’s. By then replaced by the multi faceted round brilliant cut diamond developed from a paper written By Marcel Tolkowsky in about 1918 to yield maximum brilliance and minimum wait loss.
Circa: 1920’s
Transitional cut natural cut diamond:
Weight: 1.14 ct actual
Color:M
Clarity:Si1
Girdle: original un-polished
Culet: open – small (classic of the transitional cut)
Fluorescence: none
