People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — A Splendid Crown. [ARTICLE]

A Splendid Crown.

One of the most splendid crowns in the world is that of the Russian empress, Anna Ivanovna. According to Hamlin, it is well proportioned and lightly formed of open gold work, incrusted with a vast number of exquisite gems and among them 2,586 diamonds of great perfection. On its top, serving as a base to a slender cross of pearls, is placed the immense and wonderful ruby which the Russian embassador purchased at Peking at the price of 120,000 rubles.