The Orange Diamond.
jr. laroe number of dealers and connoisseurs were attracted to Foster's gallery, Pall Mall, when the monster gem that will be knov/n among notable specimens of precious stones as the orange diamond, a mag-nificent-coloured brilliant, weighing 115 carets i(about 10 carats heavier than the Ko^ha-Noor), Jmounted as a brooch,' with a' border' o£]ye|&larg;e -white > brilliants, came under ihelKttmiper for the first time. As a tentative flguTeMr Foster sutreeeted £5,000, -which, airnd discouraging silence, he soon reduced to £3,000 and £2,000. Waiting in vain ior a shore time, Mr Foster announced that there was no bid, so that the jewel would remain in the hands, of its present owner. It was intended to present jit to Her Majesty as a jubilee offering from the maidens of Great Britain ; but theprioe of £10,000 put upon it proved prohibitive.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 242, 18 February 1888, Page 8 (Supplement)
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139The Orange Diamond. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 242, 18 February 1888, Page 8 (Supplement)
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