Object Image

Pendant

France?, England?

Diamonds, which symbolise eternity, are one of the hardest stones, and these two were cut by hand before the mechanisation of diamond cutting.

Earliest Rothschild collector: Dorothy de Rothschild; b.1895, d.1988

Credit: Waddesdon (Rothschild Collection)...

1840-1870
Diamond and silver
164.2018
Image and text © Waddesdon Manor, 2019

Where you'll find this

Waddesdon Manor
Permanent collection