CRYSTAL BALL 



WEST CORRIDOR 



Gems and Precious Stones 



The West Corridor contains the Morgan gem collection. This valu- 

 able series of gems and precious stones was presented to the 



ems an Museum by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, one of the founders 



Precious , ^ , : . . ' . , 



Stones ^^^ ^ trustee ot the mstitution, whose services to the 



country in the founding and up-building of the Museum 



are commemorated in a bronze tablet by Miss Longman at the south 



end of the hall. It comprises a representative assemblage of cut and 



uncut gems, many of the former of remarkable size and some of great 



purity of color. The installation aims to bring into juxtaposition the out 



and uncut material, the former is arranged around the latter, in the center 



of the cases, and the visitor may thus observe the brilliancy of effect 



produced in the natural mineral by skillful artificial treatment (cutting). 



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