This image might not have surprised you for the very reason that Easter is at the doorstep and an edible studded with precious gems is expected to be in queue. This is the Diamond Stella Egg, studded with 100 half-carat diamonds, costing $100,000. The Diamond Stella Egg, standing 60cm tall was on display yesterday at the La Maison du Chocolat in London.
To quote Neil Duttson, of Duttson Diamonds, the Knightsbridge dealer, who provided gems to the specialty shop at Paris:
It’s a gimmick, a PR stunt. And it probably won’t sell unless a rich Russian walks by with his trophy wife and decides he wants it ... Chocolate and diamonds - what more could a woman want? Well, the dealer does not have to worry about it as the stuffing inside the studded chocolate body is the richest that any chocolate lover would die for - peach and apricot chocolate and pralines.
However, if it were I at the display I would have studded my platinum bracelet with all the diamonds scraped off from the body of the chocolate.
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