A hemispherical diamond with the curved part cut in triangular facets.
玫瑰花形琢型的钻石
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I'm sorry I couldn't get you that rose diamond, but I thought you might like the next best thing.
Cabochon-cut gemstones were almost always used for the push-piece, most often moonstone or Mecca stone (chalcedony stained blue-gray or pink), and these were often surrounded by rose diamonds or half pearls.
The early twentieth-century ledgers of Hennell and Sons, a jewelry firm in London, described the making of elegant costly jewels in which hairwork adorned with ciphers and dates in rose diamonds was enclosed behind rock crystal.
The most expensive were composed of a carved hardstone mounted in gold, with or without enameling, and with push-pieces of moonstone or sapphires bordered by rose diamonds.
One of them was illustrated in the Jeweler's Circular, where it was described as a chain and pendant of rose diamonds, gold, and enamel designed in a historicizing Spanish Renaissance style.
Definition of rose diamond in US English:
rose diamond
noun
A hemispherical diamond with the curved part cut in triangular facets.
玫瑰花形琢型的钻石
Example sentencesExamples
Cabochon-cut gemstones were almost always used for the push-piece, most often moonstone or Mecca stone (chalcedony stained blue-gray or pink), and these were often surrounded by rose diamonds or half pearls.
The most expensive were composed of a carved hardstone mounted in gold, with or without enameling, and with push-pieces of moonstone or sapphires bordered by rose diamonds.
One of them was illustrated in the Jeweler's Circular, where it was described as a chain and pendant of rose diamonds, gold, and enamel designed in a historicizing Spanish Renaissance style.
I'm sorry I couldn't get you that rose diamond, but I thought you might like the next best thing.
The early twentieth-century ledgers of Hennell and Sons, a jewelry firm in London, described the making of elegant costly jewels in which hairwork adorned with ciphers and dates in rose diamonds was enclosed behind rock crystal.