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Ch. 48: The Tavernier A, B & C Diamond, Bought by Louis XIV

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XLVIII.
THE TAVERNIER, A, B, & C.
The Diamond Bought by Louis XIV.—Stolen with the French Regalia in 1792—A Present to the Empress Eugénie by Her Husband.—"The Golden Fleece."
F the twenty diamonds which Tavernier sold to king Louis XIV., and which are figured in the first edition of his work, four only exceeded 30 carats in weight. Of these, the largest was the rough blue, weighing 112 1/4 carats, which we have already described.
The three others may here be conveniently grouped together as the Tavernier A, B, & C.
A.
Of this fine stone Tavernier gives three figures, representing its upper and lower surface, and thick­ness respectively. He tells us that it weighed 51 9/16 carats, was "white and pure" (blanc et net) and "cut in India" (faille aux Indes).
Since Taverniere time nothing further has been heard of this gem, which no doubt was stolen with the rest of the French regalia from the Garde Meublé, in 1792. But a very beautiful stone, which we have little doubt is the identical and long-missing Tavernier A, was purchased by the late Emperor Napoleon III. in the year 1860, and by him presented to the Empress
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