Date |
Discovered: before 1668 date QS:P571,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ; The gem was cut several times between 1668 and 1958date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1958-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Object history |
before 1668 date QS:P,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : excavated. Place: Kollur Mine, Golconda,
India.
by 1668date QS:P,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : acquired by Jean Baptiste Tavernier
1668: purchased by Louis XIV of France from Jean Baptiste Tavernier
1715: inherited by Louis XV of France from Louis XIV of France
1774: inherited by Louis XVI of France from Louis XV of France
1791: nationalized by the French State
1792: stolen from the French State
by 1812date QS:P,+1812-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1812-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : acquired by Daniel Eliason
between 1812 and 1830date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1812-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : purchased by George IV of the United Kingdom
by 1839date QS:P,+1839-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1839-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : acquired by Henry Philip Hope
1839: inherited by Henry Thomas Hope from Henry Philip Hope
1862: inherited by Anne Adele Hope from Henry Thomas Hope
1884: inherited by Lord Francis Hope from Anne Adele Hope
1902: purchased by Adolph Weil,
London from Lord Francis Hope
between 1902 and 1908date QS:P,+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : purchased by Joseph Frankels and Sons,
New York City from Adolph Weil,
London
1908: purchased by Selim Habib from Joseph Frankels and Sons,
New York City
24 June 1908: auctioned and sold to Simon Rosenau,
Paris
1910: purchased by Pierre Cartier,
Paris from Simon Rosenau,
Paris
1912: purchased by Evalyn Walsh McLean,
Washington, D.C. from Pierre Cartier,
Paris
1947: inherited by grandchildren of Evalyn Walsh McLean, in the hands of trustees, from Evalyn Walsh McLean,
Washington, D.C.
1949: purchased by Harry Winston,
New York City from the trustees of the grandchildren of Evalyn Walsh McLean
10 November 1958: given to National Museum of Natural History,
Washington, D.C. by Harry Winston,
New York City
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