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Ch. 10: Jewelry of the Ancients

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CROWN OF ENGLAND.                        319
centres, and surrounded by rose-diamonds : containing respectively 84, 86, 86, 87 rose-diamonds.
" From the Maltose crosses issue four imperial arches composed of oak-leaves and acorns : the leaves containing 728 rose, table, and brilliant-diamonds : 32 pearls forming the acorns set in cups, containing 54 rose-diamonds and one table-diamond. The total amount of diamonds in the arches and acorns is 108 brilliant, 116 table, and 559 rose-diamonds.
" From the upper part of the arches are suspended four large pendent pear-shaped pearls with rose-diamond cups containing 12 rose-diamonds, and stems containing 24 very small rose-diamonds. Above the arch stands the Mound, containing in the lower hemisphere 304 brilliants, and in the upper 244 brilliants : the zone and arc being composed of 33 rose-diamonds. The cross on the summit has a rose-cut sapphire* ('blue beryl,' Barbot) in the centre, sur­rounded by 4 large brilliants and 108 smaller brilliants."
Summary op Jewels comprised in the Crown.
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