Shahs Pearls in 1820

Nearly a century ago the elaborate state costume of the Shah of Persia was described by the English artist, Sir Robert Ker Porter. In this description he mentioned particularly the pearls in the tiara, the pear-shaped pearls of immense size with which the plumes were tipped, the two strings of pearls--"probably the largest in the world"--which crossed the king's shoulders, and the large cushion incased in a network of beautiful pearls against which he reclined. (Porter, "Travels in Georgia, Armenia, Ancient Babylon," etc., London, 1821, Vol. I, p. 325.)

As recorded by Kunz and Stevenson in "The Book of the Pearl".

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