Sancy

Is the Sancy diamond called the Sancy because it belonged to Harley de Sancy, or because it weighs six hundred carats?

Les Miserables 2008

English diamond was that known as the Sancy, weighing 53-3/4 carats

Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from George Frederick Kunz

Is the Sancy diamond called the Sancy because it belonged to Harley de Sancy, or because it weighs six hundred carats?

Les Miserables, Volume V, Jean Valjean 1862

Is the Sancy diamond called the Sancy because it belonged to Harley de Sancy, or because it weighs six hundred carats?

Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843

Diamond are finite source and India lost many of its diamonds (including famous ones like the Koh-i-Noor, the Orlov, the Hope, and the Sancy) during the past couple of centuries.

Black Mask on Glory of Diamonds 2008

The coveted gem disappeared, together with the equally famous Sancy and French Blue (from which the Hope was cut), when the Garde Meuble (Royal Treasury) was robbed of it's fabulous jewels in 1792, during the early part of the Revolution.

Couronne Louis XV de Brantigny........................ 2008

The coveted gem disappeared, together with the equally famous Sancy and French Blue (from which the Hope was cut), when the Garde Meuble (Royal Treasury) was robbed of it's fabulous jewels in 1792, during the early part of the Revolution.

Archive 2008-03-23 de Brantigny........................ 2008

Charles X refused to buy back the Great Sancy when Bapst, who had retrieved it, offered it to him.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

Immediately, the king saw that it was even more beautiful than the Great Sancy and three times its size.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

They accused Francisque, a naval officer, of stealing the Régent and Great Sancy.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005