The Queen's Jubilee Presents.
An exhibition of unusual interest was recently opened to the public in the State apartments of St. James's Palace, London. The exhibition consists of the whole of the numerous and -valuable presents made to the Queen by the members of her family, foreign potentates, and loyal subjects on the occasion of her Jubilee. The collection, which includes some 300 objects, fills five large rooms in St. James's Palace, the entrance being from the Color Court, facing St. James's-street. Admission is only granted on personal application, between the hours of 10 and 4, until 29th October, and from ten until eight, after that date, and no party of visitors must exceed six in number. Ascending the staircase for the departure of those attending hveet, the first exhibits are found in the two corridor ante-rooms, where several of the largest presentations are placed, notably a magnificent pair of elephant's tusks, mounted as flower vases on a rosewood stand, together with a handsome wreathed cupola supported on pillars, the gift of His Highness the Maharajah of Travaiicore. Passing on to the Queen Anne' 3 room, the entire apartment is found to be filled with objets dart. Among other notablo objects arc a number of exquisitely finished pieces of plate, the gifts of various potentates. There is a silver vase and case, the gift of the King and Queen of the Belgians; a vase from the King of Denmark, an exquisite plateau from the Prince of Waldeck-Pyront, a pair of flagons from the members of the Cumberland family, and 13 silver dishes, the gift of Her Majesty's household. The Presence Chamber contains several articles of excessive value, notably a silver jardiniere in bowl shape and of great size from Lord Rothschild, and a gold casket made from 30oz. of gold nuggets", the tribute of the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony. The Throno Room is full of illuminated addresses, albums, portraits, testimonials of loyalty, and literature published in memory of the Queen's Jubilee, and these will alone repay a more than casual inspection, representative, as there are, of every species of illuminating, engraving, and caligraphy. But still more remarkable than even these are the contents of the upper corridor, devoted chiefly to the women's Jubilee offerings of England and Ireland. The Englishwomen's Jubilee offering is being displayed in 36 wooden chests, containing cards bearing the signatures of contributors. These chests contain no fewer than 3,000,000 names, and supply a memorable memento of the Jubilee of a good queen. The women of Ireland are represented by a carved bog oak chest, together with an illuminated address, containing the signatures of upwards of 150,000 loyal women and girls of the sister isle. Among other remarkable objects are a very gorgeous silver-gilt plateau, the gift of the children and grandchildren of the Queen, the whole having been designed by the Crown Princess of Germany ; an oil painting, representing the Laguna of Chioggia, near Venice, the gift of the Prince and Princess of Wales ; a large marble basrelief of their Imperial Highnea the Emperor and Empress of Germany, and a magnificent necklace composed of a gold chain, from which are suspended 15 ornaments composed of lotus flowers and scarabees, from the Khedive of Egypt, But perhaps the most curious object in the entire collection is the gift of the Queen of the Sandwich Islands, consisting of the Royal monogram formed of red feathers and encircled by a wreath of Royal Hawaiian yellow and green feathers from the 000, a royal bird, the same aa are used for the sovereign's cloak in Hawaii. The birds ar& black, and have only one feather each, so that several thousand birds are required to contribute to this high work of art. Thd entire exhibition is full of the highest interest, and will well repay a visit. It may be added that during the first 10 days nearly 70,000 persons visited the exhibition.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 234, 24 December 1887, Page 3
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713The Queen's Jubilee Presents. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 234, 24 December 1887, Page 3
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