Regards,
Dave.
William Ward, 1st Early of Dudley.
Worcester Journal, Saturday 28 September 1872
The Dudley Jewels at the International Exhibition.—A London contemporary gives the following description of the jewels sent to the Exhibition by the Earl of Dudley:- The Dudley gems were sent to the Exhibition at the close of the season, and arranged in two cases by Messrs. Garrard. Nearly all these jewels are of perfect beauty and priceless value. There is, first, a beautiful set, which was made by Messrs. Hancock, of pearls and diamonds, marvelous for their colour; but the gem of the collection of gems is a coronet of pear-shaped pearls above diamonds, with bouton pearls hanging in the openings below. The colour and gradation of size in the pearls are such as to throw a connoisseur into ecstasies, and the parure is made complete by a necklace of six rows of pearls, and by a diamond and pearl bracelet. The whole set is worth, perhaps, £40,000, and we doubt if the treasure houses of the world could produce another in which every jewel, besides being of great intrinsic value, is so exquisitely chosen and so perfect in relation to those with which it is set. In a necklace and bracelets and earrings of diamonds and emeralds, the Spanish stones charm the eye with their deep green light. Rubies once among the French Crown jewels; Russian turquoises of gigantic size and an exquisite shade of colour; corals of great choice and rarity; a peacock, with a body of sapphire and a tail of rubies, emeralds, and diamonds, and a wonderful " cat's eye" are others of the principal objects in Lord Dudley's cases.
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