The "heart shape" often conjures up thoughts of love and romance. It has worked its way into our treasured annual holidays like St. Valentine's Day, into greeting cards and gifts, and into our jewelry designs as well. As we all know, jewelry is often made out of precious metals like gold and silver, and precious gems like diamonds and emeralds, and by incorporating the "heart shape" we are produce an object that displays the eternal ideas of romance, love, caring, and belonging. We will now explore the origins of heart jewelry, the "heart shape symbol", and the world's most famous heart-shaped diamond.
When we think of the spiritual, emotional, moral, and intellectual core of humans, what symbol comes to mind? For most of us it is the "heart shape". The heart shape is often shown in the color "red" as this depicts both blood (it is the heart that pumps blood through the body) and intense emotion. What emotion can possibly be stronger than that of true love?
One of the most rare gems in nature is the "heart-shaped" diamond. I said rare...but they do exist. Perhaps the most famous example of this type of gem is the "Blue Heart" Diamond. Also called the "Eugenie Blue", many people consider it to be the best example of a blue diamond that the world has ever seen. It's debatable whether the Hope Diamond is more famous, but it's the unique heart shape of the "Blue Heart" that really makes it stand out from the crowd. When you are looking for an object that exemplifies pure elegance and simplicity, its hard look farther than the "Blue Heart".
Weighing in at 30.82 metric carats, it's debatable whether the "Blue Heart" diamond is of African or Indian origin. Antanik Ekyanan cut the rough diamond in Neuilly, Paris in either'09 or'10. The dimensions of this beautiful gem are: 20mm x'mm x 12mm.
In'10 Cartier purchased this diamond from an Argentinean woman named Mrs. Unzue. Mrs. Unzue had the diamond set into a corsage. It was in this corsage when the diamond was purchased by Van Cleef and Arpels in'53.
An European family ended up with the diamond next, and they sold it to a gentleman named Harry Winston in'50. He placed this heart jewelry gem into a ring and sold it to Marjorie Merriweather Post. Now on to it's final resting place... Marjorie Merriweather Post donated it to the Smithsonian Institution, and this wonderful example of heart jewelry is on display here today. For trivia buffs, three of the world's most famous diamonds, the "Blue Heart", the Hope, and the Heart of Eternity were all on display at the Smithsonian at one time. - 33380
When we think of the spiritual, emotional, moral, and intellectual core of humans, what symbol comes to mind? For most of us it is the "heart shape". The heart shape is often shown in the color "red" as this depicts both blood (it is the heart that pumps blood through the body) and intense emotion. What emotion can possibly be stronger than that of true love?
One of the most rare gems in nature is the "heart-shaped" diamond. I said rare...but they do exist. Perhaps the most famous example of this type of gem is the "Blue Heart" Diamond. Also called the "Eugenie Blue", many people consider it to be the best example of a blue diamond that the world has ever seen. It's debatable whether the Hope Diamond is more famous, but it's the unique heart shape of the "Blue Heart" that really makes it stand out from the crowd. When you are looking for an object that exemplifies pure elegance and simplicity, its hard look farther than the "Blue Heart".
Weighing in at 30.82 metric carats, it's debatable whether the "Blue Heart" diamond is of African or Indian origin. Antanik Ekyanan cut the rough diamond in Neuilly, Paris in either'09 or'10. The dimensions of this beautiful gem are: 20mm x'mm x 12mm.
In'10 Cartier purchased this diamond from an Argentinean woman named Mrs. Unzue. Mrs. Unzue had the diamond set into a corsage. It was in this corsage when the diamond was purchased by Van Cleef and Arpels in'53.
An European family ended up with the diamond next, and they sold it to a gentleman named Harry Winston in'50. He placed this heart jewelry gem into a ring and sold it to Marjorie Merriweather Post. Now on to it's final resting place... Marjorie Merriweather Post donated it to the Smithsonian Institution, and this wonderful example of heart jewelry is on display here today. For trivia buffs, three of the world's most famous diamonds, the "Blue Heart", the Hope, and the Heart of Eternity were all on display at the Smithsonian at one time. - 33380
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