Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-21
MANSFIELD, Ia.

SALE OF A SULTAN's JEwELs-The new
Sultan of Turkey not only abolished the
harem, deposed a vic ious Prime Minister, and
introduced to the notice Of the astonished
Turks a legitimate heir to his throne, but
sent all the jewels of ABDUL-MEDJID to the
auction shops of London to be sold under the
hammer.
These jewels are magnificent, and Belgra-
via has had a delectable time in competing
for them at the auction sales. The Times
gives this account of the collection and the
prices it brought:
1.-The Jewels comprise a great variety of
ornaments in form of necklaces, earrings,
bracelets brooches, stOmachers, and head
dresses. many of them of great magnitude
and splendOr, and of exquisite designs, rep
resenting wreaths and groups of flowers of
natural size, composed entirely of fine bril-
liants and rose diamands, and in some cases
surmounted with diamond birds; presenta-
ton boxes of gold, beautifully enamelled,
and richly set with brilliants aud rose dia-
monds, in clusters of flowers and other designs,
watches and chatelaines, presenting to the
eye masses of diamonds of the greatest taste
and beauty the whole forming more splen-
did assemblsge of jewels than has ever before
been offered for public competition. The fol-
lowing were the more valuable lots disposed
of A cold Presentation snuff-bOx, beagti-
fully enameiled With flowers and musical ia-
struments, the top surmounted with cluster
Of r-ch brilisRtss So. A squafe matted
bssksl-ssork gold sauf-box, very massive,
and studded with no less than two hundred
aud sixty four me brilliants, ESQ., An oval
gold snuff-box, enamelled with musical iu-
stTuments, on the top the SuItan's cipher in
4
double circle of rose diamonds and brilliant
sprigs, the whole encircled with a border OF
brilliants; and small shaped ditto, in yell
low enamelled. with groups of flowers and
music, on top ship at sea, sails, hull and
STA. composed of exquisite small briilants
and roses, the borders of iestoons and stars
of fine briliants. el90 los.
A pair of Zeris. in the Turquoise enamel.
with flowers and clusters of brilliants and
roses; two pairs of ditto in lavender enamel,
with scrolls and centres of large fine bril-
liants, and pair OF ditto, pierced scroll
and homework, with birds. the whole COM
posed of fine brilliants and roses, 9615. a
gold watch, enameled with flowers and en-
riched with fine brilliants and chatelaine
with clusters Of brilliants. Another, with
black enamel, enriched with fine brilliants
and similar chatelaine, el4S. A gold watch,
very richly ornamented with billiants set
Ia gold, with an emerald in the centre, and
chatelaine chain, with brilliant clusters
and two bailliant drops, 9ll2. A large
spread brilliant, superbly mounted with
brIlliants and roses a ring; and a very
fine rose diamond mounted with small roses,
also, as a ring, e2l9- A pair of brilliant
flower brooches. OF medium size, each with
two pendants, e320. A Sultana's head orna-
ment of great beauty, with three pendants
of very fine and large brilliants set in gold,
$500. A large wreath, composed OF fine
brilliants and emeralds mounted in gold,
the dahlia and convolyulus pattern, with fes-
tOons and flower pendants, forming Sui
splendOr, ESQ. There were in all sixty-ive
lots in the first days sale, which realized t he
large sum of 9S, 100.