Chimes that really are silver come from this £250,000000 bell, to be exhibited by the Mikimoto Pearl Company, of Japan, at the New York World's Fair. Materials include 11,600 pearls. 366 diamonds, and 26.5lb of pure silver. The bell is 1ft. 2in. high, 1ft. 3in in diameter.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 March 1939, Page 6
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47Chimes that really are silver come from this £250,000- 000 bell, to be exhibited by the Mikimoto Pearl Company, of Japan, at the New York World's Fair. Materials include 11,600 pearls. 366 diamonds, and 26.5lb of pure silver. The bell is 1ft. 2in. high, 1ft. 3in in diameter. Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 March 1939, Page 6
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