A COSTLY DIAMOND NECKLACE.
« The c stlleat necklace of diamonds ever owned m A tuorlc \ wbb worn by tho late Mrs Mary Jaue Morgan. Hho bad a r6al i paßsion for diamonds, and wore them m nairpinß, brooches, braoelete, and rings as well,, but her special pot was a necklace, a rlvife.-o, of dism n's which cost her Origin »ll v perhaps £70C0, and ti whloh she had made various additions, until Its total value waa £50,0 0 On i day she astonished a clerk at Tiffany's by buying a diamond for £12 000 and ordering It to be set In her rlv e-e aßthe centre etor c Diamonds that onoe glistened m her brooohes, halrpiriß, or bracel '« were traneferred to thia necklace, and rii mnnd* that no longer pleased her ln the nicklace were reset ln the broochea, hairpion, or bracelets. To her It waa a pt-rpetu _ pleasure to suo tho magnificent mcklnci iii- . creasing ita magnificence. When Bho died tho largPßt of the atonns were Bold singly ; but tha mo'-tlace wbh^ut them was so valuable that Messrs Tiffmy bought it for £15,000 Soon afterwards they bn ke it up, and for many months lt has caastd to exist.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1642, 22 August 1887, Page 3
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200A COSTLY DIAMOND NECKLACE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1642, 22 August 1887, Page 3
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