The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-06-14
Queen victoria's Crown.
From the London Times.

Tho following description Of
Queen Victoria's crown has been
furnished by Prof. Tennant, Miner
alogist to the Queen. The Imperial
State Crown Of Victoria was made
lby Messrs. Ruhdell Il Bridge, in the
year 1888, with jewels taken from
old crowns, and others furnished by
Her Majesty. II consists of dia-
monds, pearls, sapphires and emes
ralds. set in silver and gold. II has
a crimson velvet cap, with ermine
border, and is lined with white silk.
Its gross weight is thirty ounces
live pennyweights troy. The lower
part Of the ermine border consists
lof q row OF 100 pearls and the upper
part OF the band OF q row Of ITO
pearls, between which, in front of
tho crown is a large sapphire (part-
lly drilled), purchased for the crown
lby King George ~. At the back
are the sapphires three on each
side); between them are eight en-
eralds. Above and below the seven
: sapphires are fourteen diamonds and
around the eight emeralds 1913 dia.
monds. Between the emeralds and
the sapphires are sixteen trefoil or.
naments containing 100 diamonds.
Above the band are eight sapphires,
d surrounded by eight diamonds, be
? tween which are eight festoons, con-
!, sisting Of 148 diamonds. In the
y front of the crown, and in the centre
3 of diamond Maltese cross, is the
famous ruby said to have been given
to Edward, Prince of Wales, son ol
Edward, III, called the Black
, Prince by Don Pedro, King Of Cas-
/. title, after the battle Of Najera, neal
., vittoria, A. d. 1867. This ruby
ls was worn in the helmet Of Henry v.
% at tho battlo Of Agincourt, A. ID
~ l4l5. It is pierced quito through
10 after the Eastern custom, the uppel
part of the piercing being filed NJ
Ii with q small ruby. Around this
ruby, in order to form the cross, ar,
seventy five brilliant d q m o d 6
Three other Maltese crosses, form
ing two sides and back of the crow
have emerald centres, and contain
Of respectively 1872, 125 and 130 brill
liant diamonds. Between the fou
Maltese crosses are four ornament
in the form of the French feur de Ii
er with four rubies in the centres, an,
surrounded by roses diamonds, con
e, taining respectively S5, 83 and g
rose diamonds. From the Maltes'
. crosses issue four imperial arches
=. composed Of oak leaves and acorns
tho leaves contain 728 roses, tabl
and brilliant diamonds Thirty.tw,
!. peats from the acorns, set in cup
containing fifty-four rose diamond
and one table diamond. The tota
number of diamonds in the arche
and acorns is 115 brilliant, 116 tabl
and $50 rose diamonds. From tn
upper part Of tho arches are sus
pended four pendant pear shapes
NJ pearls with rose diamond caps, con
tanning twentyfour very small ros
he diamonds. Above the arch stand
to the mound, containing in the lowe
= hemisphere 3O4 brilliants, and il
tho upper 244 brilliants, and tn
zono and are being composed Q
J. thirty-three rose diamonds. TIL
cross on the summit has O rose Gu
!. sapphire in the centre, surrounde'
by four large brilliants and 10
!. smaller brilliants. Summary Of jew
n els comprised in the crown On
. large ruby, irregularly polished
large broadspread sapphire, 16 sap
phires, IL emeralds, rubies, 1886
x brilliant diamonds, 1858 roses dia
monds, 4 drop shaped pearls On
q. 273 pearls.