The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-02-24
The Princess Royals Bridal Presents.

Yesterday afternoon the representatives
OF the public were admitted At JSuck:pg.
ham Palace to see the magnificent, col.
lection of bridal gifts which have been
presented to the Princess Royal bv every
member of the Royal family, bv most Of
the '''ustrlous guests w,ho have lately hon
ored Her Majesty With a,sisit, and bv
some o; the chief personages of the iIlus
,f'o"S house with which she is now 80
happily connected.
Most Of the articles were ,icke.eJ with
tee H*ihe OF the ilustrious individual from
whom they came, SO that cataIouu.
fd'somnee could he formed which we AZ.
pend only AS general rule Withholding
the price list. The most conspicuous
among the brilliant mass Was the uresep,
of the King and Queen of P,u>ia-a Iof,v
open coronet of diamonds, the design of
winch with It's thin spires of hrilllants.
and open shell work between, is probably
one ot the most chaste and graceful that
has ever been executed. EQUAL with this
are those given by Her Majesty. The
1lrst is broad diamond necklace, with
treble row Of the most brilliant drops
and long pointed lerrnin ais, which match
the hight tracery Of the cororet. The Sec
ono Gilt IRON the koval mother consists
ot thEee massive brooches. somewhat IN
the style and size of the Scotch plaid
brooch, bat which, instead Of having An
open circlet in the middle, are in each
case h'led with noble pearl of the very
largest size and purity of color The
Irlnce Consort gave superb bracelet of
6r'lIIanls and emerads, which is beautiful
ooth IN design and execution. and is alto
gether most costly present. This has
additional interest in the ewes of visitors
from It's being one of the bracelets which
the young bride wore at the Chapel Rov
al, on Monday last. That which she wore
on the lett arm was a lso a diamond and
emerald bracelet, presented bs the gen
tlemen OF the Royal household, but which
though splendid present, and probably
equal IN value 10 the Princes, is much in
ferlor to it in design, and still more SO in
the manner in which it is set"
The gitt Of the Prince of Wales is in
rich he"utV OF effect far superior to them
ail. IL Is suite OF ear rings. brooch. and
necklace OF "paIs and diamonds; bnt the
opaIs, IN play of color and irrdescence. are
superior 10 any we have vet seen. ard
the design Of the settings is quite in keep.
ing with the exquisite beauty of the stones
hey enclose. As We have said, in mag
plhcent. and at the san tine chas,e etf.c,
TINS gilt surpasses all But the present
of the bridegroom is perhaps the most
costly, though IN appearance the most
simple OF any. 1t is neckIace Of pearIs.
ana our readers may easily Judge OF their
value when we saw that the necklace.
though full sized, only requires So to
complete the entire circle, which graduates
IN Sze from the centre, tape'ing less and
less IN SIZE OF jewels as it approaches each
ehd. Inc three cen,repearlS in this su
nerb crcIet are said to lie of great vaiue,
lhe Queen gives a third present of three
silver candeIabras, which form the most
regal looking group ia silver We have
ever seen. The Princess of Prusi, gives
truly regal gift oi stomacher brooch of
oh!'lants. The stones in this superb or
naHent are large and oft purest water.
and the setting and design are exquisite
In little card. box, with a DELEGATE firing.
zen out to show the pat' erI, is the gift Of
lis Majesty the hing Of the BeIgians -
II Is Brussels lace dres. made expressly
ioS tha young bride, and our readers will
De best able to Judge of its exquisite beau
~ and carefully elaborated workmanship
when we state that it is valued At no less
than 5o,000C, or G2 600 sterling. OH
~ th'nGs are there TOO which were rich
and costly in the extreme, but none Of
them were ticketeh, nor WAS it possible to
ascertain from whom or whence thew
came.