The Washington herald., 1911-02-27
CROWN TO BE
WORN BY KING GEORGE

her own diamonds were reset in their
previous forms.
Senator W. A. Clark. the Montana COP
per king, is said to be the proudest man
| in all America, for he is rejoicing in the
possession of the costIiest, most ornate
and the largest silver and gold dinner
service in the world And a wonderful
service it is, with it's full table equip
ment for twenty-four diners, each piece
made of the purest silver. lined with
sheet gold OF great thickness, and the
whole service costing $4,000
But the proud Senator is wrong in
boasting that his service is ''the largest
and costliest in the world 1t is far
surpassed in value and splendor by the
famous emperor's service at Windsor
Castle, England, which is used only for
crowned heads. Some of the pieces OF
this marvellous service weigh several
hUndredweight, and even a strong man
can carry no more than three of its
dishes or eight plates at time. II is
of silver, richly gilt. and it's value must
run into six figures.
At Windsor, too, there are FIVE tons
Of plate, some of IT OF solid gold. and
of a value far exceeding s5,0o0.0O0. There
rs a rose water fountain of silver which
weighs 2.3S0 ounces, and a nautilus cup
by Cellini, with shell of pearl and mount
ings Of gold and silver. which alone is
said to be worth many thousands of
pounds.
Mr.. Pierpont Morgan's plate is valued
at hundreds of thousands OF dollars.
Indeed. the plate of the Tudor and Stuart
days alone was purchased for six figures
| in Berlin. Mr.. Morgan's collection In
cludes two silver table ornaments valued
at $4,000 each. One represents Diana
seated on a stag, with jeweIed head
dress and trappings; the other is an fr-
| idescent nautilus. borne on a gold and
silver snail, and on it is perched a Nu-
bian boy in black enamel.
It is not long, too, since PiccadfTly
firm completed an order for silver and
china to the value OF $4,000. designed
as the present OF a millionaire to an
table weighing 5000 ounces, a tray eight
feet In diameter, and a service, all in
solid silver. for 1000 persons-1,00o silver
dinner-plates. 1000 smaller plates, 1000
spoons and forks, 1000 silver wineglasses,
and so on.
In English noble houses there are many
services OF solid gold and silver almost,
| il not quite. as valuable as Senator
| Clark's And the china is of almost
I
refused $4,000 for his white and gold
Cauldron china: Lord HiTlingdon's superb
| hand-painted Worcester dinner service for
twenty-four persons is valued at 5000,
and Lord Dudley has Coalport game
service worth 5000, while Lord Roths-
child's Dresden and Sevres ware is al
most priceless.
The Duke Of Buccleueh and Queens
berry has transferred his Furness estate
tc his eldest son, the Earl Of DaTkeith,
to whom all rents, royalties. &c, are
now due The Duke of Buccleuch is
lord of the manor of Barrow. including
wafney Island, nine miles long. and a
great part OF Furness, where there Is
much iron mining. quarying. &c. In
addition, there is a great amount OF
property Of all kinds.
The duke also owns more than one
third of the entire county of Dumfries-
shire C253,5l4 acres). yielding an annual
revenue Of eG.s4o He possesses half
a dozen palaces containing art treasures
of immense value, the pictures alone
being estimated to be worth 100000.
The transfer of the Furness estate to
the Earl Of DaIkeith has a national as
wen as local interest, because OF the
operations Of the death duties act, which
stipulates that all gifts of property. &c.
made less than three years before death.
| are liable to duty. The duke. who viii
be eighty years Of age next September,
celebrated his golden wedding annfver.
sary last November. F1ANEUR
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