1st. A round virgin pearl of a magnificent orient, weighing about 27 carats, and estimated at $37,200.
2d. Two
pear-shaped pearls, finely formed, and of a very beautiful orient,
weighing both together 57-11/16 carats, and estimated at $55,800.
3d. Two other pairs of pearl pendants, weighing together 99-5/16 carats, estimated at $11,904.
There
is also a magnificent pearl, which was brought from Berlin by the first
Napoleon, and which was exquisitely mounted in a breastplate by
Lemonnier.
When
the Princess Royal of England was married to Prince Frederick William
of Prussia she received, among other objects of jewelry, a magnificent
necklace formed of thirty-two pearls. It is said that the pearls are
not all of the first choice, but the necklace is valued at $93,000.
PRICE OF PEARLS.
Of
all the substances employed in jewelry the pearl is the one whose value
it is the most difficult to establish, because it depends upon so many
variable conditions of size, form, and colour.
The table given here is one which was made by M. Harry Emanuel, to show the price of pearls of the first choice in 1867:—
