The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-10
Queen VictOria's Grown.

The following description of the i'm. perial state crown has been furnished by Professor Remnant, mineralogist to the-queen:
 The imperial state crown of Queen Victoria was made by Messrs. Rundell x Bridge, in the year 1883, with jew- els taken from old crowns and others furnished by command of her majesty. It consists of diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires and velvet cap, with ermine border, and lined with white silk. Its gross weight is thirty ounces five pen nyweights troy.
 The lower part of the band, above the ermine border, consists of TOW of one hundred and twenty-nine pearls and the upper part of the band of a row of one hundred and twelve pearls, between which, in front of the crown, is large sapphire (partly drilled), purchased for the crown of King George W. At the back are the sapphires (three on each side); be- tween them are eight emeralds.
 Above and below the seven sapphires are fourteen diamonds, and around the eight emeralds are one hundred and twenty-eight diamonds. Between the emeralds and the sapphires ale six teen trefoil ornaments containing one hundred and sixty diamonds. Above the band are eight sapphires, sur mounted by eight diamonds, between which are eight festoons consisting of one hundred and forty-eight diamonds.
 In the front of the crown and in the center of diamond Maltese cross, is the famous ruby, said to have been given to Edward, prince of Wales, son Ot Edward III, called the Black Prince, py Don Pedro, king of Castile, after the battle of Naiero, near Victoria, A. D. 1867. This ruby was worn in the helmet of Henry V. at the battle of Agincourt, A. D. 1415. It is pierced quite through, after the east ern custom, the upper part of the piercing being filled up by a small ruby. Around this ruby, in order to form the cross, are seventy brilliant diamonds.
 Three other Maltese crosses forming the two sides and back of the crown, have emerald centers, and contain re- spectively one hundred and thirty two, one hundred and twenty-five and one hundred and thirty brilliant diamonds. Between the four Maltese crosses are four ornaments in the form of the French feurdelis. with four rubies in the centers, and surrounded by rose diamonds, containing respectively eighty-five, eighty-three and eighty seven rose diamonds.
 From the Maltese crosses issue four imperial arches, composed of oak leaves and acorns; the leaves contain seven hundred and twenty-eight rose, table and brilliant diamonds; thirty two pearls form the acorns, set in cups containing fifty-four rose diamonds and one table diamond. The total num- Der of diamonds in the arches and acorns is one hundred and three bril- liant, one hundred and sixteen table and five hundred and fifty,nine rose diamonds.
 From the upper part of the arches are suspended four large pendalH pear shaped pearls with rose diamond caps, containing twelve rose diamonds and stems containg twenty-four very small rose diamonds. Above the arch stands the mound, containing in the lower hemisphere three hundred and four brillIants and in the upper two hundred and fortyiour brilliants, the zone and arc being composed of thirty three rose diamonds. The. cross on the summit has a rosecut sapphire in the center, surrounded by four large brilliants and one hundred and eight smaller brlliants.
 Summary of jewels comp ised in the crown: One large ruby, irregular polished one large broad spread sapphire, sixteen sapphires, eleven em- eralds, four rubies, one thousand three hundred and sixty-three brilliant dia. monds, one thousand two hundred and seventy-three rose diamonds, one hun dred and foity-seven table diamonds, four dropshaped pearls and two hun dred and seventy-three pearls.