THE IMPERIAL CROWN OF ENGLAND.

Evening Star, Issue 4287, 22 November 1876, Page 4

THE IMPERIAL CROWN OF ENGLAND.

~ Mr Pole has reprinted, fori circulation^ a* fair notes^on.diamonds. has added & the notes a! '; Jjosjacript on the Imperial sYKtefcfownl ,of QaeenViettirta. the crown i-ir-The Impe-j : CEOwh of Her Sf alesfey Queen ,^tor^al>'« ! ai , inade 1 , ; %,;Messr# Rundle 's&»ssss in the year•/ ;i-8% with Jewels taken fronv : bld.. ci6wijs, and others -ftfrnlghed "by 'thet command of Her Majesty.,, Jfcconsistifof diamonds, P«wlb, ru^s^m^ set in I wrWr" , i anUj'ga[4i it has a crimson velvet cap, with .ermine border, WidisUnecPwith whfe silk. Its gross weight is 390z. sdwts. troy. The lower partoflf the band/' above the ermine, bolder corisisTs of a row of 129 the; upper'part of she barfd a row<«fc<<M2 in front of'tn'tf'crbwti, is a target sapphire (partly drilled), purchased for thefewn of His Majesty IY. At the bacK'jiala' sapphire of smaller size, find six other sapphires (threia r, 6h each side)>l»tw r 6eh whichare eight enjeralds. Above and below the seven sapphires are fourteen and around the emeralds, 128 diamonds. Between-the emeralds and sapphires are six teen trefoil ornaments, containing 160 diamonds. Above l the band are eight sapphires surmounted by eight diamonds, between''which are eight festoons,; consisting of 248 diamonds. In the front of the crown, and in the centre of a diamond Maltese cross, is the famous ruby said to have been given to Edward Prinze of Wales, son of Richard,, called'€he Bftpk Prjnce,,by Don JPedro, after . ; the battle- ef Najeira, near Victoria, 7 xtf. 136*7r'This rubyidwas weriiffi Vi/a'f 3 'the battle 6 $ Agincourty a.d. 1415.^r Js> iis <pierced ""quite through, after the eastern custom, the of the plerdihg being' filled up by a Around this ruby' to form the: brJoss, : are s6Venty-'fiye brilliant Three other, Maltese crosses, forming the two Bides and back of the crown, have emerald centres, ai-id; contain respectively 132,. 124, and 130 brilliant diamonds. . Between the four lil^keße jctosses are four'ornWents in the/foflnuif &%e French fleur-de-lis; with foujp rubies' in the centre^ : 'sn<jl surrounded diamdhds,. containing respectively &5,' 86, 86, and 87 rose diamonds. Prpm the Maltese crosses issue four' imperial arches composed of oak leaves and acorns, the, leaves containing 728 rose, table, and brilliant diamonds, 32 pearls forming the acorns, set in cups containing 54 rose diamonds, and r one table diamond. .The total nui&be£o|aiajnpnds-inthe arches and acorns is 108 brilliants, 116 t.ablfr andrss9 s rdse'mmonds. From the upper part of the archeß are suspended four large pendant'pear-shaped peafei with rosediamondcapsjcontainiqgtwelverose diamonds, and stems containing twenty-four^eTy^j^afl-rosel diamonds;' £bove the arch ststncls the mbnnd, containing in the lower hemisphere T 3o4 brilliants, and in the upper 244 "brilliants; the «one and arc being composed of thirtyThe cross on the summit h^ r a sapphire m the centre, surrounded by four large brilliants, and;' K)8 smalfer ,brytfanis. un "S^ l T< ; jewels-comprised in the crown :—One large ruby, irregularly polished.jrpnervlarge broad*spread sapphire, sixteen sapphires, eleven eme**M% lf>»* mb)f®, 1,363 brjlliarit diamonds, \sßb Tbse diamonds, 147 table diamonds, fo.ur.jdrop-sb.aped pearls, 273 pearls. '.^,., (1 , : .„ ■