The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-09
ENGLAND's STATE CROWN.
Water at This Description of Its
Historic stones.


Historic stones.
From the London Globe.
According to usage In a full state cere-
monal at the opening of Pertinent by
the sovereign, the crown is carried on a
cushion by a nobleman in the royal pro-
cession as 1t enters the House of Peers.
The crown was recently seen at the
royal funeral by many thousands of
spectators who had little idea what it
contained. The following description of
It, taken from "Debretts Peerage." may
be OF interest: The Imperial State crown
was made in the year 1888 with Jewels
taken from old crowns and others furn-
ished by command of her majesty Queen
Victoria. 1t consisted of diamonds,
pearls, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds
set in silver and gold; 1t has a crimson
velvet cap with ermine border, and Is
thirty-nine ounces FIVE pennyweights
Troy The lower part of the band. above
the ermine border, consists of a row of
100 pearls, and the upper part of the
band a row of liz pearls, between which,
in front OF the crown is a large sap
phire (partly drilled purchased for the
crown by King George ~. At the back
Is a sapphire of smaller size, and six
ether sapphires (three on each side), be-
tween which are eight emeralds. Above
and below the seven sapphires are four
teen diamonds. and around the eight
emeralds 12S diamonds. Between the
emeralds and the sapphires are sixteen
trefoil ornaments, containing sixteen dia-
monds Above the band are eight sap
phires, surmounted by eight diamonds.
between which are eight festoons con-
sisting OF 1iS diamonds. In front OF the
crown, and IN the centre of a diamond
Maltese cross, Is the famous ruby said
to have been given to Edward, Prince
OF Wales, son Of Edward III, called tho
Black Prince, by Don Pedro, King of
CASTLE. after the battle of Najera, near
Vittoria, A. d. 1867. This ruby was worn
in the helmet of Henry V. at the battle
of Agincourt, A. ID. 1415.l
1t is pierced quite through after the
Eastern custom, the upper part of the
piercing being filed up by a small ruby.
Around this ruby, in order to form the
cross. are Is brilliant diamonds Three
other Maltese crosses, forming the two
sides and back of the crown, have eme-
raid centres and contain respectively 1872,
the four Maltese crosses are four orna-
ments in the form of the French heur-
de-lis, with four rubles in the centre,
and surrounded by rose diamonds, con-
tanning respectively IS, 50. and 81 rose
diamonds From the Maltese crosses
Issue four imperial arches composed OF
oak leaves and acorns; the leaves con-
tain 72S rose table, and brilliant dia-
monds; 80 pearls form the acorns, set
in cups containing 81 rose diamonds and
one table diamond The total number
of diamonds In the arches and acorns
is 10S brlliants, 10 table and $50 rose
diamonds. From the upper part of the
arches are suspended four large pendent
pear-shaped pearls, with rose diamond
cups, containing IL rose diamonds, and
stems containing "a very small rose dia-
monds. Above the arch stands the mound
containing In the lower hemisphere 204
Erilliants, and in the upper IA brilliants,
the zone and arc being composed OF 90
rose diamonds. The cross on the sum-
nit has a rose-cut sapphire in the centre,
surrounded by four large brilliants and
los smaller brilliants. Summary of jewels
comprised in the crown: One large ruby,
irregularly polished. large broad-spread
sapphire, 10 sapphires IL eneralds
rubies, 1853 brilliant diamonds, 1913 rose
diamonds, 1i7 table diamonds, 4 drop
shaped pearls, and S73 pearls.