The Nassak Diamond (also known as Nassac Diamond and Eye of the Idol ) is a large diamond, 43.38 carats (8,676 g) originating of a larger 89 carat diamond in the 15th century in India. Found in the Golconda Kollur mine and originally cut in India, diamonds are jewelry at Shiva Trimbakeshwar Temple, near Nashik, in the state of Maharashtra, India from at least 1500 to 1817. The British East India Company captured the diamonds through the Third Anglo-Maratha War and sold them to jewelry England Rundell and Bridge in 1818. Rundell and Bridge collected diamonds in 1818, after which made its way to the sword handle of the Marquess of Westminster dress.
The Nassak Diamond was imported into the United States in 1927, and was considered one of the 24 largest diamonds of the world in 1930. American Jewelry Harry Winston acquired Nassak Diamond in 1940 in Paris, France and recounted it to the present perfect 43.38 carats ( 8,676 g) shape of emerald cut. Winston sold the diamond to a New York jewelry company in 1942. Mrs. William B. Leeds from New York received the gem in 1944 as a sixth birthday gift and wore it in a ring. The last Nassak Diamond was sold at an auction in New York in 1970 to Edward J. Hand, a 48-year-old trucking company executive from Greenwich, Connecticut.
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The Nassak Diamond originated in the 15th century in India. Although the original cutting date is unknown, the original cuts were done in India and have sacrificed everything for size while giving diamonds a shape and appearance similar to a Koh-i-Noor diamond. From at least 1500 to 1817, Nassak Diamond adorned Shivalinga at Shiva Trimbakeshwar Temple, near Nashik (Nassak), India over the Godavari River. When the priests worshiped Shiva, the diamond finally got its name from its long-term affinity with Nashik.
In 1817, the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India started the Third Anglo-Maratha War. During the Maratha war, the Nassak Berlian disappeared from the Shiva temple. The war ended in 1818 and the British East India Company convincingly controlled most of India.
The Nassak Diamond quickly reappeared in the possession of Baji Rao II, the last independent Indian prince of Peshwa , who handed the diamond to an English colonel named J. Briggs. In turn, Briggs handed the diamonds to Francis Rawdon-Hastings, the first Marquess of Hastings to conduct a military operation against Peshwa. Rawdon-Hastings sent a diamond to East India Company as part of Maratha's spoils. The East India Company then sent Nassak Diamond to England, for sale in the London diamond market in 1818.
In the London diamond market, Nassak Diamond is presented as about 89 carats (17.8 g) diamonds with high purity "but bad shape," having a rather pear-shaped shape. Diamonds are further characterized as "irregular and immaculate mass." Illustrations in Herbert Tillander's book "The Diamond Pieces in Historic Jewelry - 1381 to 1910" show it as a semi-triangular moghal piece with a plateau peak, similar to the 115 carat Taj-E-Mah Diamond living in the Mahkota Iran. Jewelry. Despite its appearance, the diamonds sell for around 3,000 pounds (equivalent today for Ã, Â £ 201,000) to Rundell and Bridge, a London-based jewelry company.
Rundell and Bridge hold diamonds for the next 13 years. During that time, the jewelry company instructed the diamond cutter "to keep as close as possible to the traces of the Hindu cutter, 'to change its flaws, and adjust the pattern with the urgency of the subject matter.'" The recrudes by Rundell and Bridge of 89.75 carats (17.950 mg) to 78.625 rust (15,725.0 mg) results from loss of no more than 10 percent of the original diamond's weight.
In 1831, Rundell and Bridge sold diamonds to Emanuel Brothers for about £ 7,200 (today around Ã, Â £ 600,000). Six years later in 1837, Emanuel Brothers sold Nassak Diamond with a public sale to Robert Grosvenor, the first Marquess of Westminster. At one point, the marquess mounted a diamond on the handle of his sword. In 1886, the diamond was priced between 30,000 and 40,000 pounds (currently between £ 2,999,000 and £ 3,999,000), in part due to huge gains in the ingenuity of the pruning by Rundell and Bridge.
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Mauboussin and lawsuit
In 1922, George Mauboussin had become a partner named "Mauboussin, Successeur de Noury," a French jeweler house that traced its roots until it was founded by M. Rocher in 1827. In March 1927, the Duke of Westminster used US importers Mayers, Osterwald & amp; Muhlfeld sells diamonds to jewelry Paris George Mauboussin, who lived in the United States at the time. Mauboussin's diamond imports into the United States are tax-free, since the diamonds are designated as artistic antiques produced over a hundred years before the import date. However, E. F. Bendler, an American wholesaler and merchant in diamonds and rival Mauboussin, filed a protest that resulted in a lawsuit to determine whether taxes should be levied on the entry of diamonds to the United States. In November 1927, Mauboussin considered selling the diamonds to the friends of General Primo de Rivera, who planned to give the diamond to the dictator on the occasion of his impending coronation as a Spanish marshal. The sale never materialized and the lawsuit continued. The diamond was almost lost in the theft that occurred in January 1929, when four men robbed Park Avenue jewelers where Nassak Diamond was kept. However, the thieves did not find the diamond because it was stored in a dirty envelope.
After the first robbery attempt, the Mauboussin jewelry company opened a branch in New York City on October 1, 1929, only to be met by Wall Street Crash in 1929 at the end of October. To complicate matters, the same group of international robbers tried to steal Berlian Nassak again in May 1930, but once again missed him.
Prior to the proceeds of the lawsuit, the insured diamonds were priced between US $ 400,000 and $ 500,000 (allowing for inflation, this would now be $ 5.86 million and $ 7.32 million). At the time the lawsuit is pending, the imported diamond is cut and suitable for use in jewelry making, without actually being designated as a jewelry subject to an ad valorem tax of 20% of value. However, artistic antiques produced more than a hundred years before the date of import can be imported into the United States duty-free; that is, without having to pay 20% tax. The final decision of the lawsuit was released on June 4, 1930. In the verdict, the court determined that the 78,625 carats (15.725.0mg) of Nassak Diamond that had not been set was not an artistic antique and suitable for use in jewelry making. In particular, the court said that the 1930 Nassak Diamond was nothing more than a "big diamond, cut in the usual way." As a result, importers owe an ad valorem tax of 20% of the diamond value under the US Tariff Act of 1922.
Harry Winston's Influence
In 1930, Nassak Diamond had a rather elongated triangular shape with rounded corners. The depth of one side of the triangle is thicker than the other. The diamond was "flawless, extraordinarily brilliant, and cut to show crystal clear clarity." While exhibited at the 1933 World Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, "The Official Guidebook on Fair, 1933" described the diamond as a flawless blue-and-white stone with a reputation as "the best diamond outside the crown jewelry collection."
In 1940, American jewelry Harry Winston acquired Nassak Diamond in Paris, France and repeated it to form a perfect emerald cut with size 43.38 carats (8,676 g). Winston sold the diamond to a New York jewelry company in 1942. In 1944, Commander William Bateman of Leeds, Jr., the billionaire son of the tin coating processor and friend of George Mauboussin, bought diamonds for his wife, Reflexion Olive Leeds (born Olive Hamilton), and giving it to him in the ring set as a sixth birthday gift.
Current information
In early 1964, gemologist G. Robert (Bob) Crowningshield evaluated Diamond Nassak in the Gemological Institute of America gem lab to produce the Diamond Grading Report. That same year, Nassak Diamond was placed in the hands of J. & amp; S.S. DeYoung, a 100 year old estate jeweler house located in New York. The Gemological Institute of America The Diamond Grading Report that comes with a diamond indicates that it is Internally Flawless.
In early April 1970, the diamond was rated as one of thirty major rocks of the world and on display at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in New York City. On April 16, 1970, the diamond was sold at an auction for $ 500,000 (allowing for inflation, this would now be $ 3.15 million) for Edward J. Hand, a 48-year-old trucking company executive from Greenwich, Connecticut. This is the second highest auction price ever for diamonds at the time, the first being about $ 1.1 million for Taylor-Burton Diamond a few years earlier. Six years later, the diamonds were on display in November 1976 in exchange for charity as a means to attract donors for the benefit.
Trivia
In December 1982, British Midland Airways purchased the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft from KLM; two months later, the plane was in England under the name "The Nassak Diamond".
See also
- Koh-i-Noor
- Darya-ye Noor
Note
References
- The Court (1930). Mayers, Osterwald & amp; Muhlfeld v. Bendler . Court of Patent and Patent Appeal Report . 18 . United States Patent and Customs Court. pp.Ã, 117-125 . Retrieved November 14 2008 .
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