PALACE HAREM JEWELS
TURKISH TREASURE REVEALED
("Sydney Sun" Service.)
LONDON, November 23.
The "Westminster Gagette” states: “No Crown jewels in Europe approach those of the Turkish seraglio,” declared John Jahnsson, Swedish jeweller, who returned from a commission to give an expert opinion on them.
"I was breathless when confronted with the fabulous hoard of pearls, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies displayed in heaps. There were innumerable gold and silver articles set with jewels. The handle of one dagger is carved from a single emerald. The throne is pure gold, ornamented with 20,000 pearls and 1000 rubies and emeralds. Many of the gates are guarded by armed men to protect the entrance to the seraglio. The united efforts of eight men is required to open the last.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 November 1927, Page 7
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