Unrecorded Indian cutters; recut for Louis XIV by the court jeweller Sieur Pitau, and recut again by an unknown hand between 1792 and 1812

The Hope Diamond

Mined in India, probably at the Kollur workings in the Golconda field, before 1668; cut for Louis XIV in 1673; recut to its present form between 1792 and 1812 - Type IIb boron-bearing diamond, fancy deep greyish-blue, cushion antique brilliant cut, in a platinum and diamond mount