M.J Levy & Nephews Copy of the 'Agreement for the Inspection of the Cullinan Diamond' together with two replica sets of 'The Cullinan Diamonds', and other documentation and images relating to the cutting of The Cullinan
M.J Levy & Nephews Copy of the 'Agreement for the Inspection of the Cullinan Diamond' together with two replica sets of 'The Cullinan Diamonds', and other documentation and images relating to the cutting of The Cullinan
i) M.J Levy & Nephews copy of the 'Agreement for The Inspection of the Cullinan Diamond', dated 29 January 1908, nine pages, manuscript on paper, signed by The Right Honourable Baron Knollys and Sir Dighton Probyn as Private Secretaries to King Edward VII for Arthur and Alexander Levy, the London diamond brokers responsible for overseeing the cutting of the Cullinan
ii) Two collections of faceted paste stones imitating the size and cut of the nine principal diamonds cut from the Cullinan, one collection includes a replica of the original Cullinan in its rough form, with fitted cases
iii) 'The Cullinan', Joseph Asscher & Cie, a pamphlet of fifteen printed images documenting the various states of the Cullinan during the cutting process, and the Asscher workshop
iiii) 'Asscher's Diamond Works', printed by N.V Vereenigde Drukkerij Dico, Amsterdam, 1928. From The Asscher Company detailing the diamond cutting process and work with The Cullinan
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M.J Levy & Nephews Copy of the 'Agreement for the Inspection of the Cullinan Diamond' together with two replica sets of 'The Cullinan Diamonds', and other documentation and images relating to the cutting of The Cullinan
i) M.J Levy & Nephews copy of the 'Agreement for The Inspection of the Cullinan Diamond', dated 29 January 1908, nine pages, manuscript on paper, signed by The Right Honourable Baron Knollys and Sir Dighton Probyn as Private Secretaries to King Edward VII for Arthur and Alexander Levy, the London diamond brokers responsible for overseeing the cutting of the Cullinan
ii) Two collections of faceted paste stones imitating the size and cut of the nine principal diamonds cut from the Cullinan, one collection includes a replica of the original Cullinan in its rough form, with fitted cases
iii) 'The Cullinan', Joseph Asscher & Cie, a pamphlet of fifteen printed images documenting the various states of the Cullinan during the cutting process, and the Asscher workshop
iiii) 'Asscher's Diamond Works', printed by N.V Vereenigde Drukkerij Dico, Amsterdam, 1928. From The Asscher Company detailing the diamond cutting process and work with The Cullinan