THE EMPRESS EUGENIE’S JEWELS.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 86, 18 January 1872, Page 3

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE’S JEWELS.

A gentleman travelling in Europe writes to the American as follows : We went to Emanuel’s One of the firm was at Torquay with us, and he recognised us. and after some talk he asked us if we wanted to sec something nice, and he showed us all of Eugenie’s jewels now there “ up the spout,” probably not all but £50,000 worth. As lie said, he could not take any more, she wished to realise on them at once. They are all to be sold, but are not generally shown now, as nobody is in town. He appears to know her well ?,r.d says that

their property consists of about £150,000 worth of jewels, and some property in Spain, which she Is no\y.tli’j H g to sell. This lot that wo saw covered a table 21 x 3*ft. full, and then as cases were opened they were piled up in rather a reckless manner, in heaps , on this already covered table. There were tiaras, necklaces, two largo anchors, of diamonds, and about fivo inches long; lots of brooches, one being a butterfly, the body of which was a large opal about two inches long, and the wings set upou springs, and made of diamonds, rubies and emeralds. There was a wonderful necklace of black pearls—the only one in existence—each being about as large as a marrow-fat pea. Also, an emerald cross, quite unique, the emeralds being oblong and set edge to edge, nothing between, and about six in the long part of the cross and one about each side of the centre to form the arm ; this was about four and a half inches long. Two ear-rings of diamonds, the purest, but each cut like a drop of water, and pendent and drooping from the small end. E. tells us that this is a wonderful pair, as the stones match so well, but they must have been cut away terribly to assume the present shape. Several ear-rings, all large diamonds, and six large diamond rings ; one a superb one worth £4OO. 1 can hardly remember what else, but just lots of astonishing things, and E. says at the end of November he will tell some editors, who will then see them, and it will not take more than a week to sell them.