A short history
Cut by hand before electricity: small table, high crown, open culet. Each one is slightly asymmetric because a person, not a laser, made it.
DIAMOND SHAPE
Antique
Cut the way stones were cut before electricity: small table, high crown, open culet. Made for candles and still best in them.
- RATIO WE BUY
- 1.00 to 1.15
- FACETS
- 58 hand cut
- BEST AT
- Chunky, old-world flash
Works with an antique stone
PRICES AS OF 16 AUG 2026How it wears
Chunky, slow flashes rather than glitter. In candlelight nothing modern touches it. Each stone’s quirks are named on its passport, because they are the point.
The setting it wants
Hand engraved mounts, milgrain edges, warm gold. Putting an antique cut in a modern mount is legal, but we will argue.
What ratio should a antique diamond be?
We buy 1.00 to 1.15. Outside that window the shape starts reading as a different cut, or worse, as a mistake. The passport lists exact millimeter dimensions so you can check our judgment.
How many facets does a antique cut have?
58 hand cut. More facets mean more sparkle but smaller flashes; fewer mean bolder, slower light. Neither is better; they are different personalities.
Is antique more expensive per carat?
Fancy shapes like this cost less per carat than rounds, because less rough is lost and fewer buyers compete for them. Same material, better math.
Natural or lab grown in this shape?
Both, cut to the same standard. Lab rough makes larger antique stones attainable; the passport names the origin either way, in the same type size as everything else.
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