Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-13

The plain diadem or band Of gold
they wore as a sign OF their rank seems
to have been followed by the diaden
with spikes or rays of gold, and gems
| and enamel on the gold next appeared
| copied from the eastern art.
But In the east also the plain gold
circlet was long retained, and the
| change made to imply power is seen
sometimes in duplication or trIplica-
tion of the diadem or circlet. Thus
the papal tiara and the crown OF
Theodore Of Abyssinia, now at South
Kensington, are examples Of the rails
! ing of the height by repetition of the
lower design. The early spikes or
rays became changed to flowers, the
lily being the usual model. Then came
the arch over the open circlet, and the
expression, He has closed his crown" A"
came to mean that a king had as
sumed imperial or royal power.
There was new crown made for
Queen Victoria, and in this, which is
perfect constellation Of jewels, the
four arches to close the dome of the
crown meet to support in the center
the jeweled orb, and above that again,
an equal armed cross, each arm like a
battle AK, placed back to back. The
cap Of violet velvet within Is copied
from a crown of Henry VIII.
The great Kohinoor diamond, the
chief ornament Of the crown, was part
of the treasure taken at Lahore, in
India. When 1t still graced the ma
tive sovereign collection of. gems, II
used to be shown with other jewels at
great assemblies, or durbars.
The Great Ruby Of the kingdom of
Bohemia, captured by the Black Prince
at Agincourt, Is wondrous stone.
The regalia of crown jewels of Eng
land, which may be seen in the Tower
of London, where thousands of Amer
leans have viewed them, are as fol-
lows:
st. Edwards crown, made after the
pattern Of that crown broken up and
sold during the civil war, although far
more richly embellished; the new state
crown made for the coronation of
Queen Victoria; the Prince of Wales's
crown, the Queen Consort's crown, the
Queens diadem, circlet of gold made
for the coronation of Mary D'Este.
consort Of James H., st. Edwards staff
of beaten gold, the royal scepter, a
scepter with the cross, the rod of
equity, or scepter with the dove, the
Queens scepter with the cross, the
Queens ivory scepter made for Mary
D'Este, an ancient scepter made for
Queen Mary, consort Of William of
Orange CHI. Of Great Brittany, the
orb, the Queens orb, the Kohinoor
diamond, the sword Of justice, the
armulee or coronation bracelets, the
royal spurs, the ampulla for the holy
oil, the gold. coronation spoon-the
only piece Of the ancient regalia re-
naming; the golden saltcellar, the
baptismal font and the silver fountain
presented to Charles II. by Plymouth
town.
"One would think that as the kings
treasury was so nobly furnished some
of the largest and finest jewels would
have graced the principal regalia-" /"
SO wrote a gentleman after he had
counted up the great treasure in jew
els and plate which was sent over to
Holland, privately, by the kings spe-
cial warrant to the Duke Of Bucking-
ham" This was in the reign Of
Charles l., and yet in 1649, when the
trustees of parliament had got posses
sion of the jewels from the upper jew
ell house in the tower, it was found
that the crown had no great value.
The imperial crown and other re-
gala of the realm at the time OF
Charles I. were valued at only $4,000.
In another account, written in 1926,
the kings jewel office was said to con-
tain an immense quantity OF jewels,
gold plate of divers forms, such as
feathers, flowers, collars composed OF
diamonds, rubies, sapphires, etc. There
were also basins and ewers,. "bolls,"
cups, saltcellars and dishes
And now the old Tower Of London
holds the regalia Of England. You
may see there the stones which have
given cause for endless intrigues and
strife set in new gowns. So the fame
and glory of older civilization, old
before ours began, are renewed to lend
luster to our empire Of today. These
gems and grandeur are all symbols
of the ever shifting aspects of all hu-
man power-gone today, to be found
tomorrow, and again to fade and ap-
pear over and over again in ever
altered form.-Youth's Companion.