RICH AND RARE.

Evening Star, Issue 3311, 30 September 1873, Page 3

RICH AND RARE.

The special correspondent of the London Daily News at the Vienna Exhibition writes: —“ The Messrs Hancock’s cases glitt r in the sheen of nearly L 300,000 worth of jewels. Their most striking objects, at a cursory glance, are the Tennyson vase, modelled in chased and repousse oxidised silver, by Armistead, to illustrate the Morte D’A rthur; a suit of emeralds and diamonds, worth L 8.000; a lovely tiara of wheat ears and wild flowers in diamonds, the centre consisting of a large cinnamon-colored brilliant; a necklace and pendant of pink pearls, the large pearl in the centre of the pendant being the size of a pigeon’s egg ; another necklace and pendant in brilliants, with magnificent central ruby, the whole to be bought for the bagatelle of Lit),ooo ; a necklace of black pearls and diamonds, value L 2,500 ; a suite of pearls, consisting of tiara, bracelet, earrings, and necklace, also of the value of LIO.OOO ; and two earrings, each consisting of a single brilliant, the cost of the pair being L 3,600 Over against Messrs Hancock’s, Mr Atchison, of Edinburgh, is great in cairngorm jewellery, Highland brooches, dirks, ramshr-ad snuff mulls, &c. He shows the largest cairngorm ever yet found. It is m the rough, and weighs 7ibs.”