Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-03-12
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THE PRESENTS TO TIE PRINCESS
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Yesterday afternoon the representa-
tiXes, of the public were admitted to
Buckingham Palace TO see the maguii-
cent collection of bridal gifts which have
been presented to the Princess Royal by
every member of the royal family, by
most of the illustrous guests who have
lately hOnored her Majesty with visit,
and by some of the chief personages OF
the illustrious house with, which she is
now so happily connected. ... ...
The exhibition of wedding gifts on
these occasions is generally made with
some display of TASTE and skill in the
combination of colors and general effect,
SO as at least to exhibit the object fairly,
if not to set them off to advantage. I'm
der such circumstances. and with proper
management. such displays are often
very attractive; and with the, intense in
terest which attaches to all relating to
the Princess Royal, it would not be easy
to render gifts to her other than deeply
interesting. If anything, however, could
have .detracted from the effect, and even
interest. OF these magnificent cade0mr, it
was the manner in which the functiOna
rles connected with the Palace displayed
them. We do not speak OF the sly le in
which they were put together On the ta-
Bile in the small billiard room. 1t is
quite possible that the arrangement
might be a matter Of taste; but it SUR
prised us to find that many oil the pres
enss were-leEt without anything TO indi>
cate the quarter from whence they came.
and the. only information beyond the
name of the person VINO gave it, which 1t
was in any Case possible to obtain, was
the cost price Of almost every article ex
hib.ted- and VIII. tiIeE it was silver gilt, 4or
only gilt on '.metal." This ungrAcious
nowiedge. which is generally kept SO
carefully in the background when gifts
are in the question, was, as we have said,
almost the only kidd obtainable, beyond
the actual sight OF the Anonymous arIl-
cle5 to which it related. One functional
ry, however, possessed not even this linn
tied information, though he knew the
things "were very valuable, as he was
put there ito prevent them from being
stolen.'' Most Of the articles. lfowever,
were lcketed with the name oE-the illus-
trious individual from whom they came.
so that catalogue of TdiS0Jt1ice could be
formed which we append. only as IL gem
eral rule withholding the price list. The
most ,Conspicupus among the brilliant
masssW the present OF tie King and,
Queen. Of Prussia lofty open coronet
OF diamonds. TIE design OF which; ",i"h'
its spires Of brilliaats and open shell work
between. is probably oHe OF the most
chaste aud graceful t" at has ever been
executed. Equal with this are those Civ
en- By Her M~jesty. The first is "a broad
diamond nscki zee, with treble. row o.
the most brilliant drops and long pointed
terminals, which match the light tracery.
of the coronet. The second gift from the
Royal mother consists Of three massive
breaches some what in the style and size
of the Scottish plaid brooch, but which.
instead of having an open circlet in the
middle, are in each case filed with a no.
Bile pearl OF the very largest size and pu
ritv of color. The Prime 'COnsort gave
superb brace of brilliant and emernIds.
which is beautiful both in design and ex
ecution, and is altogether most c SLY
present. This has additional interest in
the eyes of visitors from its being one of
the bracelets which the young bride wore
at the Royal Chapel on Monday last
That which. sheswore on the left arm was
also diamond and emerald bracelets,
presented by the gentleman Of the Royal
House, bu. which, though a splendid
present, and probably equal in value to
the Princes is much interior to it in de-
sign. and still more so in the manner in
which it is set. -ra rf .,s ..rr. ..,..am
The gift ofthe Prince Of Wales in rich
beauty of effect is far superior to them
all. 1t is suite Of ear rings. brooch,
aud necklace of ,opals, and diamonds, but
the opals, in play of color and irrides-
cence, are superior to any we have yet
seen, and the design of the settings, is
quite in keeping with the exquisite beau
ty of the stones they inclose.,i As we
have said. in magnificent, and at the
same time chaste effect. this git surpas
ses all: But the present Of the bride
groom is perhaps the most costly, though
in appearance the most simple of any.
1t is necklace Of pearls, and our readers
may easily judge of their value when we
say that the necklace, though full size
only requires SO to complete the entire
circle. which graduates in from the cen.
tire. tapering less and less in size of Jew.
els as. it approaches each end. The three
centre pearls in this superb circlet are
said to !be of great value. The Queen
gives a third present ofothreeo silver cam
delbra, which. form the most regal look.
ing groupin silver We have eyerseen. The
centre piece, springs from an ielaborate
Ease, aud is s6riodndsd by large groups