66 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
Hall 32. 
H. N. Higinbotham Hall. 
GEMS AND JEWELS. 
The collection of gems and precious stones that, during the 
World’s Columbian Exposition, attracted so much attention at 
the Tiffany pavilion in the Manufactures Building, and in the 
gallery of the Mines and Mining Building, occupies the central 
cases in this hall. It is one of the most complete collections 
in existence, for it contains nearly every known gem or precious 
stone, in fine cut examples, as well as crystals, cleavages or 
rolled grains, always of gem value. Many of the objects in the 
collection are of historical interest and world-wide reputation. 
Case 1.— Handsome objects made of rhodonite, jasper, and 
varieties of rare gem stones found in the Ural Mountains, 
Asiatic Russia. Prominent objects are a rhodonite jewel casket, 
rhodonite ink stand, two rhodonite coupes of rare markings, 
with jasper bases. Rhodonite is a favorite stone vdth the Im- 
perial family of Russia. 
Three fruit pieces of realistic effect made at Ekaterinburg, 
Asiatic Russia, composed of the following hard and rare gem 
stones found in the Ural Mountains: Raspberries of rhodonite, 
blackberries of amethyst, white currants of chalcedony, plums 
of onyx and sard, mulberries of citrine, black currants of onyx 
and red currants of sard. The bases are of Kalkansky jasper 
and the leaves of precious serpentine. 
A composite bust of Empress Eugenie; feathers. Opals and 
red jasper; hat, sard; hair, sard; face, chalcedony; collar, blood- 
stone; beads, yellow jasper; dress panel, lapis-lazuli; body, 
sard. 
Cane of solid silver, inlaid with discs of turquoise from 
Kurdistan, southwest Asia. 
Florentine mosaic of marble, malachite, etc., representing 
the “Fall of Rome.” 
Case 2. — Engraved diamond bust of King William II. of 
Holland, executed by DeVrees, of Amsterdam. The work 
required all of his spare time for five years. The specimen was 
first shown in 1878, at the Paris Exposition. 
