Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . 108 104 OP PEAELS. The largest pearls offered for sale at the pres-ent moment in the world are four pure and per-fect gems, now in the hands of Mr. Eeed, ofParis, a member of the house of Tiffany and are valued at 100,000 francs, and are freefrom flaw or blemish. They came from thePanama fisheries, though at what time theywere taken from the shell is unknown; thelarger dealers on that coast often keeping finegems for many years before they offer them forsale, acting, possibly, on the same principle as
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . 108 104 OP PEAELS. The largest pearls offered for sale at the pres-ent moment in the world are four pure and per-fect gems, now in the hands of Mr. Eeed, ofParis, a member of the house of Tiffany and are valued at 100,000 francs, and are freefrom flaw or blemish. They came from thePanama fisheries, though at what time theywere taken from the shell is unknown; thelarger dealers on that coast often keeping finegems for many years before they offer them forsale, acting, possibly, on the same principle asthe connoisseur in art who clings to his pictureseven though full value be offered. But it is time that we pass from the pearls tomore pretentious gems—the pearl being the sym-bol of modesty. As in all other matters, the tastefor gems goes strongly by fashion ; though nosuch arbitraiy rule can ever decrease the realvalue of a true jewel. Next to the diamond, inhardness, comes the sapphire, which we shallspeak of in conjunction with the ruby, they beingchemically the sam
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