Size Does Not Matter
It’s incredible that a diamond’s luster and shine are the primary factors in determining its worth nowadays. However, people had a quite different perspective on this issue back in the nineteenth century. Wyndham explained that bulk and weight were valued above glitz and glamour. It was “slightly duller and deeper than you would see in a contemporary style,” Wyndham said of pre-modern diamond cutting.
As if that weren’t enough, she said that the stone’s cut “may deceive people into believing it’s not a real stone.” She explained that the difference in light reflection between a newly cut stone and an ancient cushion shape was due to the latter’s more elaborate polishing. Rather of trying to make the crystal as bright as possible, cutters tended to work with its natural form so as to save as much weight as possible.