Van Sipma Jewelers2011 Ridge Rd. Homewood, IL 60430 |
American Gem Society: The Power of Love
| By the end of the fifteenth century, the first real breakthrough in cutting techniques emerged and in so doing opened up public opinion to a totally new shape: the table-top cut. Here the diamond's pyramidal point is rubbed flat with diamond dust...the very first step towards modern polishing, the first turn of the key in unlocking the diamond's hidden fire and brilliance. The table-top cut became an important feature of sixteenth-century rings.
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| A simple stirrup ring in gold set with a natural diamond crystal. | |
| This superb diamond lily from a mid-fifteenth-century Parisian jeweler is incorporated in a massive enamelled gold ring made one hundred years later. The pattern of the fleur-de-lis is one of the Virgin Mary's emblems; the perfect symbol for a blushing bride, in pure and everlasting stones. | |
| Albrecht V of Bavaria's Wedding Ring This diamond rosette is one of the most impressive examples of a Renaissance ring. Sixteen lozenge-cut stones radiate out from a golden center. It is truly a triumph of diamond setting, creating a large and impressive ring at a time when significant diamond crystals were in short supply. | |
American Gem Society: The Power of Love
