We did not cut this one. Vintage stones reach us through estate dealers and trade partners we have bought from for years- diamonds shaped by hand decades or centuries ago, that survived long enough to be sold again. Softened facet edges, a culet sitting slightly off center, proportions no modern machine would produce. That history is the one thing we cannot make ourselves.

The bridge between hand cutting and the modern round. A circular outline, a small table, a high crown, and a culet left open at the base. It returns light in broad, slow flashes rather than fine glitter- the fire of a room lit by candles rather than bulbs.