Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-06

her finger at the coronation, and caus-
ing her a great deal of pain, because
a mistake had been made in the meas
urement and it was too small. That
was speedily remedied and she was
never without it. She also wore
several memorial rings.
Two Priced Rings.
Two rings that the queen prizeu
very highly We're presented to her by
the late Mr.. Fortnum, of Hill house,
Stanmore, who was such an enthusi-
astic collector, and left no less than
500 valuable and historic rings to the
Ashmolean museum. At the jubilee of
1897 he sent her the diamond signet
of Queen Henrietta Maria, and few
years ago she accepted from him a
gold sapphire signet ring that had be-
longed to Mary Stuart, the wife OF
William III Her late majesty also
possessed the signet ring of Charles
T., which is not at all too large for a
mans little finger, though it has the
royal arms infinitely engraved on
steel shield and the lion and unicorn
exquisitely modelled in the same
metal, reclining on the shoulders of
massive gold ring Another of her
treasures was the signet ring made for
Charles II. when prince of Wales, |
which had the ostrich plumes between
on table diamond, u by 3s inches in
size, formed into heartshaped, seven
sided shield The stone is lustrous,
but slightly tinged with yellow The I
back of the ring is enameled with a
bow and CULVER en- satire. These are
all relics of the queens Stuart ances-
tors, and she had also some fine jewel |
ry that belonged to Queen Anne.
A very curious and immensely val
liable ring is an extremely fine ruby,
half an inch in diameter and of SPLEEN
did quality. 1t is engraved with
profile head of Louis XII of France, |
and inside it is engraved Logs XII,
1515,' so it was probably a memorial
ring and fine specimen of Quattra
Cento work. The noted Kohinor is q
personal jewel, and the queen wore it,
set as a brooch, on special occasions.
Its history can be traced back for T.
900 years, and in India it had the repu-
tation of bringing i'll luck and down
right disaster. When it became the |
queens property it was uncut, but |
was committed to Messrs. Coster, of
Amsterdam, to be cut and polished In
GniY1C fhic mo nv a71tI
away, but it was made marvelously
brilliant 1t was believed that her
majesty intended to add the noun
tain of light" to the crown jewels. A
very antique brooch in the collection
is an "eye-onyx," double eyed and
brightly colored and presenting the
most striking resemblance to the eye
of some animal. 1t is supposed to
have been worn as prophylactic.
Collection of Canoes.
The royal collection of canoes is
almost priceless, and gains fresh in
terest from the fact that canoes are
again fashionable, after being in re-
tirement for at least 40 years. A |
very fine one of Henry VIII. is ex-
ecuted in fiat relief on beautiful sar-
donyx, the head standing. out in pearly
white on the rich brown background.
Another cameo shows his full face,
with that of the baby prince, his only
son, who afterward became Edward |
VI. The little face has cap round it,
and the stone is very large oval nico-
10, the back of which is followed out
in intaglio so as to correspond with
the relief on the surface This curl |
GUS expedient is characteristic of the |