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Cullinan V is an 18.8-carat (3.76 g) heart-shaped diamond set in the centre of a platinum brooch that formed a part of the stomacher made for Queen Mary to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. The brooch was designed to show off Cullinan V and is pavé-set with a border of smaller diamonds.
Sir Thomas Cullinan (12 February 1862 – 23 August 1936) was a South African diamond magnate. He is renowned for giving his name to the Cullinan Diamond , the largest diamond ever discovered, and as owner of the Premier Mine , now renamed the Cullinan Mine, from which the famous gem was extracted on 26 January 1905.
The Cullinan Diamond is the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found, at 3,106.75 carats (621.350 g). [1] It was found by Frederick Wells, surface manager of the Premier Diamond Mining Company in Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa, on 25 January 1905. The stone was named after Sir Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the diamond mine.
As with most of her Cullinan Diamonds, Mary also made use for VII somewhere in her Delhi Durbar Parure. The 8.8-carat marquise-cut diamond was incorporated into the Cambridge Emerald Necklace ...
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Meanwhile, the Cullinan III and IV were set in a brooch for Queen Mary, later worn by Queen Elizabeth. (She memorably wore the luxurious brooch while celebrating her Diamond Jubilee in 2012).
Joseph Asscher splitting the Cullinian diamond. In 1905 the Cullinan diamond was discovered. At 3,106 carats (621.2 g) it was a legendary find, and achieved instant renown across the globe. The diamond was presented to King Edward VII, and he invited the Asscher brothers to London to discuss cleaving the diamond. It was decided that Joseph ...
The headpiece was made for King Charles II in 1661 and was intended as a replacement for the original medieval crown, which was melted in 1649. ... "The Cullinan Diamond must be returned to South ...