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Ch. 5: French Blue or Tavernier Blue Diamond

Ch. 5: French Blue or Tavernier Blue Diamond Page of 278 Ch. 6: Braganza or Regent of Portugal Diamond Text size:minus plus Restore normal size   Mail page  Print this page
130                       THE FRENCH BLUE.
stately ceremonials of the Escurial as was the case with the Pelegrina, to sink into obscurity in the collection of a wealthy Mr. Unknown or in the jewel casket of a Princess Nobody is a sad decadence. Jewels, from their value and indestructibleness, are among the few objects used by the illustrious dead which can and do remain unaltered in appearance, therefore it is contrary to our sense of the fitness of things for a historical gem to cease to be such by belong­ing to a person without a history.
Ch. 5: French Blue or Tavernier Blue Diamond Page of 278 Ch. 6: Braganza or Regent of Portugal Diamond
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