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Buchanan County Bulletin
Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa
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A lavish collection of Indian presents to the Prince of Wales is displayed at Bethnal Green in London, featuring jeweled gems, a bedstead of Cashmere shawls, a humming-bird plumage dressing gown, a tortoise-shell palanquin with gem-covered cushions, and jeweled swords including one from Delhi valued at $50,000.
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I doubt if Solomon ever saw anything so gorgeous as this collection at Bethnal Green. Fancy a whole large glass case full of gold and silver gems,-all ablaze with diamonds! Just imagine a bedstead whose coverlets, pillows and curtains are made of India shawls of the finest texture ever turned out from the looms of Cashmere! Conjure up a dressing gown composed of the plumage of the backs of millions of gorgeous-hued humming-birds. See for yourself a palanquin of tortoise-shell, inlaid with gold, with downy cushions covered with strange stuffs whose woof seems as if it were diamonds, its web rubies and emeralds. One glass case is full of jeweled swords, all of enormous value and great beauty. The handsomest came from Delhi, and with its jeweled hilt, and scabbard, and waist-belt, is valued at $50,000.
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jeweled sword from delhi valued at $50,000
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Description of a gorgeous collection of Indian presents to the Prince of Wales displayed at Bethnal Green, including a glass case of gold and silver gems ablaze with diamonds, a bedstead with coverlets, pillows, and curtains of finest Cashmere shawls, a dressing gown of humming-bird plumage, a tortoise-shell palanquin inlaid with gold and cushions covered in diamond-like, ruby, and emerald stuffs, and a case of jeweled swords of great value and beauty.