, 1877-08-27
A PECK OF DIAMONDS.

Tho Grand Collection Of Diam onda and jew
oils Of Tho Noble House of Eatcrhasy-A
psck.NIeAsuro Of piAmontls, and Hall =
RuAiiel of Pearls. ~.., ,,
To tAs Eauor ot "a. Tribune :.
CM,cAoo, aug. e5.-{u the various dcscsip-
tions Of wonderful jewels thut have appeared In
the public prcss, hare seen DO reference to tho
Es.erha1y collection. which was tho delight Of
the conuotsscurs OF Europe for century or
more. had tho ra,e pleasure, twelve ycara
ago, whom 10 England, OF privately, viewing this
magnificent display Of dazzling getns, and have
never seen anything to compare with 1t III num-
bcrs and sp!rndor. though l have slnco viewed
tho crown-l -lswels .pf EuxlAnl and Scotland and
Of most Of tho European Powers, u well - tho
Jewel display Of our Centennial. The Estcrhazy
collection YVES tho product of several centuries
Of search BY that nobla fasnlly, who weto aided
by Immense wealth III tho lndulgeaca u thcir
expensive foibie OF collecting, gclns from eycry
EuYsl do not, howeyet, Insure TelIcf from tho
"ups and downs" Of ,llfa TO which tho vulgar
herr. u sub]ccl and thts glorious collection
10 now scattered ~ tssx,, aud wtdo, owing
10 the financial stEeks shat. overlook the
head OF tho opce powerful hQuse Ut
Esterhaxy, Tia Esserba1y rulera had lua4ie .
sst:l sssos sae sss % Es. {" s@ Z
b. worn on thels peroas during 'ststc os1Astons.
olus Esterbszy, " Cap!aeIa. Vt the Kings buJy-
R,la5l, wl.cu EEanels II Was cEowne,l klug nf
= Hungary, and Afterwards "wrEo worn ut the
coronatfon servsees VI t1sorEeiv.. William ",
European raiers, whe4 They excited Tho asiallf.s-
ton aul envy Ut nlasay \ croxne4l heMl Their
arrangement was unchanged wllcl inspected
them, aud nett " my aioazriDo'at 1t tnef Vaat
ntkL ~ u - hA hn0 o.
mortal could carry. Though all the tedious
pusApa Of a court pa4eant, 81 great wright Ut
dazzling, bcwl1deFtDg wealth. rlere vera liter
ally nsTs ha" lfs&-aha.aFa JA4 " 1sla'o"ds
aas. rubIes, topa1rs- 4spt'hlrrs. and othet gelns
tAv1c were osr ynjty lA4xsdad by sctual count.
ons ui the trst obects that excited nv a.
drea.stlit Of tne PIiu'e u vi ottlcef ot Hun
g4r1An nhussar1-pautao oouA, jacket, be!s, sud
sluux peiis4e-tAe uiat.F1al pl which MAJ Claret~
coloscl velvet. But e th!ekiy were ths dlf-
was III slalost Ill pats eotnplet, " roocealsd.
THIS embroidery was a6nugh <slis<a nth te1Fts,
averaging lu size fru0 . piu-heal to many
weighing rs much u twenty tu thirty earats
was suctt&sion uf lrnlant FpIass Of pearls,
luoped up II short tutuyzA, every pearl III this
hclt being ~ thick . nAn's ilumb. Over
lO0,OOu pearls were uod IN enhroldct1g ehls
guit, ulIA thrtr Ealuo vas Nlaaust 1ncalculab!e.
There was also the tulfofua us the Prince a.
Z uepeEsl Of Hungarian hussars, covered oscr
with Iages, and c0rttA and i1in4es, formed *.
clusvely of 1laAscs VI diamonds aud pezsla. all
Of unusuzl splsndor. There were Two bs!ts to
thIs suit, one oi biark falyet, froln which hung
three ornaments lnagoAcsnty ieU allc1,- ,->ans ln
tho form of n oblotK buckle, another = eoEt
kontal bar, and the otles triangle The dher
belt, which passed TON ths wstat diagonai}y
Aloss the. breast ana uvef rho saoul-
der, VIVA ornauetei III front y
lloL's head III browl euAutt, eaa, q ~
| cyA& being formed OK \ dIalaoud worth N0o0A
| lis mouth hcld nnRlf which was sat t1e gem
u4f sxclleuGe of Tho QllAtlon,-e Aoka01s