Love
Story® Presents the World's Most Famous Diamonds
The
BLUE HOPE
45.52
carats
More
notorious than any other diamond.
The Hope was once owned by
Louis XIV and was officially
designated the çblue diamond
of the crown.÷ Stolen during
the French Revolution, it
turned up in London in 1830
and was bought by Henry Philip
Hope after whom it is currently
named. At that time it acquired
its gruesome reputation for
bad luck: all the Hope family
died in poverty. A similar
misfortune befell a later
owner, Edward McLean. You
can see the Blue Hope today
at the Smithsonian in Washington.
Love Story®
Diamonds, The Romeo In Love Collection , The Only You
Collection, The Epic Love Collection , The Legendary Love
Collection, and Cleopatra's Passion Collection are registered
trademarks of Leading Jewelers
Guild, Inc., Los Angeles, California.
