The Pasha of Egypt.
As its
name denotes, this brilliant belongs or did belong to Ibrahim Pasha.
It weighs forty carats; is of octagonal form, and is brilliant cut; it
is of very good quality and lively.
The Nassak, or Nassac, Diamond.
This
diamond weighs 78 3/8 and before its recutting by order of the
proprietor, the Marquis of Westminster, weighed 89 3/4 carats. It is of
triangular form, with rounded facets, and was sold to Rundell and
Bridge, in 1818, by the East India Company. Originally it was taken by
the Marquis of Hastings at the conquest of the Deccan. When Messrs.
Rundell and Bridge retired from business it was sold by auction.
The Piggott Diamond.
Late
in the last century this diamond was sold by lottery for the sum of £
30,000; it was subsequently bought by Rundell and Bridge for £ 6ooo. The weight is 82 1/4 carats. It was afterwards sold to the Pasha of Egypt for £ 30,000. The present possessor is not known.
The Hope Diamond.
This
brilliant, formerly the property of the late Mr. Hope, is of a most
brilliant sapphire-blue colour, and is unique of its kind. It weighs 44
1/2 carats, is of an oval
