Gem-Stones and Their Distinctive Characters

by George Frederick Herbert Smith

METAL FIGURES OF BUDDHA INSERTED IN A PEARL-OYSTER

PLATE XXXII

FIG. 1

FIG. 2

SECTIONS OF CULTURE PEARL

FIG. 1. IN THE OYSTER. FIG. 2. WHEN FINISHED.

A. PEARLY DEPOSIT. B. PIECE OF MOTHER-O’-PEARL INSERTED IN THE OYSTER.
C. OUTER SHELL OF THE OYSTER. D. MOTHER-O’-PEARL BACK ADDED.