The Hope Pearl

 is a very famous Baroque Pearl

Orign
The Hope Pearl was named after it's original owner, Henry Phillip Hope who was part of an Anglo-Dutch family which set up a very successful banking business in Amsterdam and London. The family moved to London in 1795 whilst France was in turmoil following the French Revolution. He owned over 100 natural pearls but the hope pearl was his most famous.

Appearance
The Hope Pearl has an irregular pear-shape and weighs 450 carats. It measures two inches in length and in circumference four and a half inches at the broadest and three and one fourth inches at the narrowest end. The larger end is of a bronze or a dark green copper tint, this gradually clearing into a fine white luster for within one and one half inches of the smaller end.

Gallery
See:The Hope Pearl/Gallery