Gems and 



Precious 



Stones 



CRYSTAL BALL 



WEST CORRIDOR 



(Jems and Precious Stones 



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

 able series of gems and precious stones was presented to the 

 Museum by Mr. J. Piorjiont Morgan, one of the founders 

 and a trustee of the institution, 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 

 purit}' of color. The installation aims to bring into juxtaposition the cut 

 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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