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The Chapada: Nassak

When it reached Europe the "Nassak," which had been badly cut in India, presented very much the form and appearance of the "Koh-i-Nur," the native cutter having, as usual, sacrificed everything to size. Hence, when Messrs. Rundell became the owners, they found it desirable to have it re-cut, and in doing so they pursued a very wise course. By instructing the artist to keep as closely as possible to the traces of the Hindu cutter, "amending his defects, and accommodating the pattern to the exigencies of the subject matter, they transformed the rudely-facetted, lustreless mass into a diamond of perfect brilliancy, at the sacrifice of no more than 10 per cent. of its original weight."