St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1866-12-13
QUEEN ylCToElNs CROWN.

The Imperial Siaic Crown ofQaccu Vic
loria was made by Mc,gs Nundcll &
Bridge, 10 the year 1888, With jewels TAX
ca froih Oh crowns. anil other fur'i'hed
hy eosnnausl IT her npj'sty. Il consists
1t DIAMONDS. l,carlY ruhics. sapphire anil
riaerahl.. ~ ~ silver md go9i: i hiss
crimson v,lyct cap. wilh cTtaine border.
anil I, incl with white six. IT, gro
ueiehi j. ,hir,y niue om,ess anil iivr dNi..
Troy. The hover para a tbs hawl. abovc
the rgnlinc border. consists 1T rows 1T one
hundred aud twenty .nine pearls, aud the
upper part II she band ruw OF cue bun
Jred sud Twelve pearls, bc,Heen Which. 10
ff.nt u iEe~cfawa. = 4 laFse sapphire
Cltaftly drillc,iD fnrchsiasl l'a she cnpwn
Us Hing Cie"rge ile F''artl,. 1T the back
i a sapphire 81 smaller sizc, anil IN oibrr
.atpll rcs ttlsrcc ou each ,idcJ. bviwcca
Which arc light cu,rr,l,ly lSl,tvr aud be-
iow tia -cvcn ssIJltiges are lgurtern dia.
nur,.ls and around tIlt eight on'vralls ono
handral and twviHy -vi9la disia"a,ls. DE-
tween the ,enrrah,. su,i sappl,pcs are slxit
irelni ornaments, containing "sis handrri
anil yiAiy Jiainisifl- hl,oyc lhc band are
eight sspphires sufnoaDi@l 10y eight dia-
nS,i,ls, lsswctu Wi,ieh arr eight tesi'Saas.
ra,isl.iing 81 oHC iripir,-i aBi f.'F'y-eis;sass.
diamonds. ia front of the crown. ami IN
thd esrtfc Il iisimosll Maltese cross. Is
the famous rul,y ssid 10 have bern
gixea H. Elsard the iils,k Prince By
I'm Pedro King u Garlic. after The
decisive battle % Najcra. 4 II, 1885,
This ruly vas xogn n The h,liasi ~ Hen
Z, ihe Fiith ii tlc bAttlcM .tgineouri,
&. q ill5. Il i picsqsl 'lnile ahr,uh,
after tie FastaFn eastern. the npfa.r pari
II tl,e piercing hing lilld with sniall
ruby. ArunpJ this faty, - form tbs
cruss, are .cvcniy-hve bFillin, diamonds.
Three mhcr Ala,ttyc crosser forming tle
two si,hss aud back el she cn,wu. have
cs,erald gyssu-. snd c,ulain respectively
one hundred srdtwcniy -faar slsl one hun
drcd aud thirty brilliant diamonds. BE.
twccn tlIe four maliuss eniss are tour
ornaments In the fnra Ola French ltear.
de-ifs. with fur rniacs in tl,e ocitres, anil
surrounded Us rerc diamonds, containing
respectively eighiy-six aWl cigil,y- seven
rose diamonds From the Malsorc crosses
issue iour imperial arches. cosnlnse,l Of
yak leaves aud acorits The have containing
I 100 and twenty -cigi,, roee. table anl bril-.
lian, diamonds; 81. pearls forming he
aeolps. set IN cups containing hfty-four
rore dian0llsls unl one table diamond &
Z The t9tal number ii ai,n.anls in their
arches aud acqrns Is one hundred aud cigh,
brilliafts. oip hundred and sixteen table,
AMI Eve huildrcd and iitly-nine rose ,lia-
mofds. From tbs upper part oftho arches
are suspended four large pendant pear
shaped paris with ross diamond caps,
I containing Twelve rose diamonds aud stcp,s
eonfaIaing twc,ty-fDur very small dia-
flonds. Above the arch stail,is the nlonnd
containing Ia, the lowrr hcmisphore three
huihlred alld,tmr brilliants, snd IL the up
PertsoluHlrrd and lnrly -ipur briIlialts; The
zoie aisl arc leihg composed Of thirty
three rose diamonds. The srosS on the
summit has rose-cut sapphire in the cen.
Z tn surrounded by four large brillin,s and
one hundred and eight @naller briiliants
Summary of jewels comprised in the crown:
| large ruby, irrogalarly polished; large
.broad-sprcid sapphiFey lb sapphifcs; I
einrfal,i>; 4 raoics; ,3ii;i brilliant die
noudS; ,27a rose siiamonls; III tabIe
dieIaepds; ! drnp.shapcd pearls; ..1a
pcaglss VIZ
srmaa $50 9e