The Empress of Russia's Diamonds.
A ccmivKbi'oxDEXT of the ' Boston Herald ' thus describes the Empress of Russia's appearance in full dress : — 'At last we entered the throne room, and there, surrounded by a sea of splendour, stood the Empress, herself a moving mass of diamonds. She was the mo^t dazzling sighb of all. On her head was a crown once worn by the great Elizabeth. Describe it? No. I only saw millions of coloured rays and white sparks of light emitted from it at) every motion of the Royal person. The necklace was made from what was left over of the crown. I reached from her neck to her waist, and had rubies, sapphires, and diamonds enough to have supplied a thousand ordinary necklaces. The Imperial Orders worn on her breast contained all the gems of the East. They scintillated with light, and that is all I can say of them. The stuff of her gown was emerald velvet, with a train of white velvet embroidered with enough gold to stock a mine, and bordered with real gold balls. The front of the gown was ornamented with ropes of linked pink cord, fc>et in diamonds and fastened at intervals. Never &aw one human being thus arra3 r ed. Solomon might have put on more, but I do not believe ife.'
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 268, 30 May 1888, Page 3
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220The Empress of Russia's Diamonds. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 268, 30 May 1888, Page 3
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