The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-11-11
KING THEBAW'S JEWELS.

A late and involuntary exhibitor at
South kensington is the deposed King
Of BUnmah, a portion Of whose trea-
sures, looted from the palace in Man
dalay, has been arranged in nine cases
:lose to the Ceylon Court. Three
large wall cases contain objects Of
clothing, and the memories of Prince
Esterhazy' sresplendent uniforms, with
pearl embroidery in lieu of silver lace
and diamond tassels on the cleaning
Hessians boots, are completed y eclips-
ed by d coat into which emeralds, dia-
nonds, and other precious stones are
woven with beaten gold, SO that the
weight would alone forbid, were cere-
nonial considerations of superstitious
state wanting, that the glittering gar
nent should be worn oftener than
once a year Lady Dutferin is said to
have assumed it once. and with diff
Guilty to have stood upright in it, as
her ladyship might have done for a
few seconds in a suit of armor. Gold
en hats of varying shape, some like
helmets or Phrygian bonnets, others
Of pagOda form, are in this and the
adjoining cases. The Kings state
umbrella, furled, is in the center wall
case There is talk of mounting it
loft in the center of the gallery,
spread open to show its jewelled mag
nifcence. One of the State hats, Gov
cred with precious stones, all set in Ella
Dorate devices of gold, is surmounted
by tapering final, the base of which is
formed of convergent diamonds, large,
ong. but Of little value. A lapidary
u dealer in gems would discriminate
widely between the different value of
he jewels Late the property" as an
luctiOnoer might say, ''Of a monarch
etired from business Some of the
tones are of great value, and others,
comparatively speaking, are rubbish.
Palm leaf fans, carried in procession,
are formed of thin gold.
Bowels, cups, vases, TASKS, vessels
+ all shapes but those to which the
\ estern world is accustomed. occupy
TX cases. They are more or less jew
lied. some Of the stones being uncut.
treat significance, probably of rei-
gious kind, seems to attach to a cir
circular group of nine stones, the
argest being IL the center On the
circular lid of a splendidly jeweled
betel box, specially devoted to the
Kings own use, is a remarkably cost
" specimen of the mystic group of
nine stones. The middle gem is a
ruby of thirty-nine and one-quarter
carats, with only one fault. Its value
consequently is very great. Round it
Gre evenly set moonstOne, pearl, a
diamond, 6 cat's-eye, coral, crystal,
an emerald, and sapphire. All these
| stones are valuable the diamonds being
| Of Amsterdam cutting and the first
| water. It is turned upside down, after
ne invm'iable practice Of. the Burmese
jewellers. Ingenuity of goldsmith's S
Aork is pre-eminently shown in the
:daptation of a lobster Or similar crus
tacean to the purpose OF a tiagon.
| The labor of beating out this form
| must have been enormous. King
| ibebaw's horoscope. written on palm
leaves and enveloped IN silk. hangs IN
golden network In one Of the cases.
| The reiiquaries are said to have held
ne teeth of Bramah who must indeed
lave had a miraculously fine set, con
jdering the vast number of such re-
les to be found IN the temples of
India and all Brahmin.-Londo1a
| DGiLY NeUS.