INDIAN JEWELS.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12481, 6 March 1909, Page 1

INDIAN JEWELS.

Of all the Princes of India, Hindu and Mohammedan, not one, says the "Parsi," has gems that can compare wjjth those of the Gaekwar of Baroda. Perhaps the most remarkable of the Gaekwar' s jewel . treasure is a_ carpet, said to be about four yards Square, .composed of ropes of rubies ] diamonds, pearls, woven into a pattern of exqusite and . dazzling foeauty. The gems in this carpet are of an estimated value of £300,000, and it is the produce of three years' ■" work of skilled artists and jewel setters. . This carpet was intended as a, cover of Mahomet's, coffin at Mecca, but for some reason could not be sent' there. ..Since .then it has been kept by the Gaewar as a most valued pd^ses-* sion, and was exhibiteoTby him- in the 1 " Art Exhibition at Delhi, in 1903. Still more costly is one or the - Gae■war's diamond necklaces, which is" said to be. worth well over .£2,000- • ..; 000, and which, one can easily imag-^ me, is "the most magnificent in the •' world. • . ' .>• .. ""-