Edward the Confessor's Sapphire
Reference code
SIT/01/20/05
Title
Edward the Confessor's Sapphire
Date
c. 1966
Level of description
file
Extent and format
1 file
Scope and content
Handwritten description of sapphire known as 'Edward the Confessor's Sapphire', which features in the Imperial State Crown, with dimensions and weights given.
Creator
Sitwell, Hervey Degge Wilmot (1896-1973), Major General and Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London