THE PRICELESS GEMS OF POTENTATES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10671, 21 January 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE PRICELESS GEMS OF POTENTATES.

r.rtt-.r«l\- apart from the crown jewels, : K; r '!K >ti..nrs have been a fad with ■ r '!" ; j:ri-| !> . Louis IV. of France ex*tM l'o.Ouii.OOO francs in diamond Jttr "> ;iii;ne. in one vear spending ;«•; t!;.n C 125.000. These and other llf* wen- kept in a special display. . and one of the favorite occupaf' u> '•: i!n> monarch was to sit before ■'{j and admire his splendid pt :111 of Louis' jewels would have. li :oro the famous collar of the |i! , ' :i '.' r '' Raroda, composed of five .••j"; '.iic hundred diamonds each, the ■/■'<"■ -. : lietwcen rows of emeralds.- '! ■ • ; rlii. stones are as large as wal- '•!■■?.' :;'! ;ili of tliem are. of the greatest on,';' .' " r .pendant is worn the | '.'", j~ . >l; "" »f the South," one of the: '^;'" ( 'i:unoiids of the world. <:-•!'.' . ir . "wn,s a map of France conrlr' I "''' 1 ■"' precious stones. Paris is S rt '"' ! I"' ''>' :l huge diamond, Boff , • :U1 °pal, Marseilles by an ,C r '^. i: ' :i,| d so on, while the various; .P.irtinenis are shown in a single sort 'nr,'' !] ;'' entire collection of' tU' 1 'V;" tM " Kremlin represents more^ li -» i.'l2-inm.ooo. - - .■„V r | ,I: ''' v similar in idea is the of »the Shah of Persia, in : in t r -" V:ir '"" s countries are mapped i'-.i.,'.' ''""•* atones, the whole being " lu " 1 •" £250,(100.