The Cabochon Emerald
Reference code
SIT/01/20/08
Title
The Cabochon Emerald
Date
c. 1966
Level of description
file
Extent and format
1 file
Scope and content
Handwritten description of an emerald cut 'em cabochon' which features in the Imperial Crown of India, with dimensions and weights given. There is also some correspondence from the tourist board in Austria, requesting information on any emeralds which form part of the State Regalia which are known to have come from the Habach-Valley province, so they they could be highlighted in a travel film.
Creator
Sitwell, Hervey Degge Wilmot (1896-1973), Major General and Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London