hawking glove belonging to this unfortunate princess was ornamented with fifty-two large pearls and numerous small ones,
twelve rubies, and seven garnets.
The regalia, now in the Crown Room of the Castle, consist
of the sceptre, the sword, the golden collar of the Garter, conferred upon James VI., by Queen Elizabeth, with a " George and
Dragon " appended, supposed to exceed in splendor any other
decoration of the kind, the crown of Robert Bruce, and other
historical jewels. These regal symbols were all deposited in an
oaken chest at the union of Scotland and England, in 1603, but
were for a time lost sight of, and their disappearance was involved in mystery. No trace of the missing jewels could be
found until they were accidentally discovered by Sir WalterScott, in 1817.
Diadems of the Nobility. — Crowns at first were worn only
by sovereign rulers, but about the tenth century they began tobe assumed by the nobles as the insignia of rank ; consequently,
dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, have their distinctive coronets, recognized by their different ornaments.
Among the English nobility, the ducal crown is decorated with
strawberry leaves, that of a marquis is distinguished by pearls,
between the leaves, while the coronet of an earl has the pearls
set above the leaves. The diadem of a viscount is encircled
with pearls, and that of a baron is adorned with only four pearls.
Some conception may be formed of the richness of the jewels
in the possession of English nobles by the ornaments called the
Devonshire parure, remarkable for the number and variety of
the gems employed in its construction. The parure comprises
seven different jewels — a coronet, necklace, bandeau, comb,
stomacher, and bracelets, made of the most beautiful gems of
the Devonshire collection, including the amethyst, sapphire,
emerald, ruby, plasma, jacinth, sard, onyx, lapis-lazuli, garnet,
