The Crown Jewels of England

The regalia of England described in a Cassell edition limited to fourteen hundred copies, in the reign of George V.

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Introduction: The Imperial State Crown

II. THE IMPERIAL STATE CROWN 6 • • • III. THE IMPERIAL CROWN OF INDIA 10 IV. THE CROWN OF QUEEN MARY OF MODENA, CONSORT OF JAMES II. 12 V. THE DIADEM OF QUEEN MARY OF MODENA, CONSORT OF JAMES II. VI. THE STATE CROWN OF QUEEN MARY, CONSORT OF GEORGE V.- 12 16 • 18 VII. THE PRINCE OF WALES' CROWN • • 22 • VIII. THE KING'S ROYAL SCEPTRE IX. THE QUEEN'S SCEPTRE WITH THE DOVE • 26 • • • 30 THE KING'S SCEPTRE WITH THE DOVE . • • • 30 X. THE QUEEN'S IVORY ROD • • 34 ST. EDWARD'S STAFF 34 • • • XI. THE KING'S ORB • 38 • XII. THE QUEEN'S ORB • 42 XIII. THE AMPULLA • • 46 XIV. THE ANOINTING SPOON • 50 XV. THE JEWELLED STATE SWORD • • 54 THE SWORD OF STATE • • • • 54 "CURTANA" OR SWORD OF MERCY XVI. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SALT-CELLAR • 54 • • 60 XVII. THE BRACELETS 64 ST. GEORGE'S SPURS XVIII. SERJEANT-AT-ARMS' MACE

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