The Book of the Pearl / The history, art, science, and industry of the queen of gems - George Frederick Kunz; Charles Hugh Stevenson

Woodward (Henry)

Parasitical Animals in Meleagrina margaritifera of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1886, pp. 176–177.

Zimmern (Helen)

Stories in Precious Stones. London, 1873. 8vo.

Zwemer (S. M.)

Arabia: the Cradle of Islam. New York, 1900. 8vo.

INDEX

Abalone pearls, [55], [78], [148], [280], [291], [351], [414]
Abbas the Great, [455]
Abdul-Aziz, [421]
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, [164], [166]
Aboriginal use of pearls, [485]–513
Abortive ova theory, [42]
Abraham and Sarah, [7]
Accidents to divers, [117], [138], [144], [197], [203], [208], [247], [249]
Acid stains, [376]
Acosta, José de, [232]
Aden, Arabia, [37], [142]
Aden, Gulf of, [80], [140]
Adirondack, New York, [266]
Adour River, France, [171]
Adrian, Pope, [313]
Africa, [65], [140], [153]–156
Age of mollusks, [74], [108], [171]
Ago Bay, Japan, [292]
Aitken, E. H., [133]
Alabama, [492], [493]
Alasmodon arcuata, [73]
- margaritifera, [281]
Albertus Magnus, [311]
Alexander the Great, [319]
Alexander VI, [24]
Alexander Severus, [10]
Alexandra, Queen, [165], [418]
- (plate), [438]
Alexandria, [320]
Alexandria shell, [69]
Alfonso X, [311]
Alfred the Great, [414]
Algonquin Indians, [486]
America, [225]–282, [294]
America, Prehistoric, [23], [485]–512
American Museum of Natural History, [266], [467]
Amsterdam, Diamond Merchants of, [325]
Anania of Shiraz, [329]
Ancients, Pearls among the, [3]–12
Anglesey, Marquis of, [479]
Angoulème, Duchess of, [170]
Anhalt Dessau, Duchess of, [476]
Anjou, Duke of, [425]
Annan River, Scotland, [164]
Anne de Bretagne, [436]
Anne de France, Duchess, [435]
Anodonta cygnea, [42], [168]
Antwerp, Chamber of Commerce of, [327]
Apparatus of capture, [166], [181], [268]–270.
- See Dredges, Scaphanders.
Apple River, Wisconsin, [262]
Aqualia jewels, [479]
Aqua perlata, [311]
Archangel, Russia, [181], [184]
Areca-nut, [310]
Arethusa necklace, [405]
Aristotle, [95]
Arizona, [510]
Arkansas, [259], [263], [264], [270], [276], [361]
Arkansas River, [263], [264]
Arlington, Tenn., [263]
Arnobio, Cleandro, [344]
Arnold, Sir Edwin, [41], [85]
Arthurian legends, [304]
Artificial pearls, [41], [285]–293
Aru Islands, [206], [220]
Ashburnham missal, [17]
Assyria, Pearls in, [6], [404]
Atax ypsilophorus, [43]
Atharvaveda, [4], [301]
Athens National Museum, [405]
Atwater, Caleb, [500]
Auction of oysters, [120]
Auction of pearls, [470]–472, [477]–481
Augsburg, Germany, [320]
Australia, [30], [58], [65], [68], [199]–212, [291], [294], [466]
Austria, Fisheries of, [178]–179
Austrian Schatzkammer, [472]–474
Awabi. See Abalone.
Aztecs, Pearls among the, [23]
Bacon, Francis, [313]
Baden, Germany, [177]
Baegert, Jacob, [244]
Bagdad, [88], [98], [335], [411]
Bagge, J. P., [287]
Bahama Islands, [278]
Bahrein Islands, [85], [88]–90
Balapur, India, [133]
Baldknob, Arkansas, [276]
Banda, [221]
Banks, Edgar J., [5]
Bann River, Ireland, [165]
Bantam Lake, Conn., [266]
Bapst pearls, [465]
Barbot, Charles, [337], [390]
Baroda, Gaikwar of, [460]
Baroque pearls, [30], [31], [59], [265], [272], [353], [359], [464], [475], [476]
Baroque pearls, Values of, [337], [340], [343], [355]
Barthema, Lodovico, [86]
Base value for pearls, [330]–333
Basilica of St. Mark, [17], [59]
Bassein Coast, India, [139]
Bath, Marquis of, [355]
Batthyani, Count Louis, [467]
—— Countess Louis, [434]
Bavaria, [171]–173, [294]
Bazaruto Islands, [153], [156]
Beads, [403], [497], [498], [508]
Beckmann, Johann, [287]
Bede, [160]
Bell, Robert N., [492]
Benjamin of Tudela, [37], [86]
Benzoni, Girolamo, [231]
Berri, Duc de, [426]
Beuth-Schinkel Museum, Charlottenburg, [421]
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, [407], [425], [428], [436]
Biedma, Louis Hernandez de, [253], [257]
Bird’s-eye pearls, [56], [353]
Birdwood, Sir George, [319]
Birmingham, Jewelers’ and Goldsmiths’ Association of, [327]
Blackmore, H. P., [490]
Blackmore Museum, [490], [500]
Black pearls, [29], [60], [241], [349], [355], [376], [467], [476]
Black River, Arkansas, [264], [273]
Black Rock, Arkansas, [264], [276]
Bleaching pearls, [377], [396]
Blister pearls, [58], [353]
Blue-point shell, [72]
Boats, [91], [112], [136], [141], [166], [205], [218], [234]
Bober River, Germany, [175]
Bohemia, Austria, [178]
Bohemian pearls, [433], [434]
Bolchow, H. W. F., [478]
Bolivia, [511]
Bologna treatise of, 1791, [331], [338], [342], [343]
Bombay, [88], [89], [98], [156], [347], [354], [357]
Bombay Presidency, [132]
Bombay shell, [69], [143]
Boncza, Mlle. Wanda de, [479]
Boot, Anselmus de, [40], [311], [331], [338], [343], [382], [455]
Bordeaux, Austin de, [459]
Borneo, [221], [297]
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, [11], [12], [307]
Bouchon-Brandely, G., [193], [195], [290]
Bourbon, Duchess of, [348]
Bouton, Louis, [291]
Bouton pearls, [56], [57], [352].
- See Button pearls
Bracelets, [474]
Brazil, [282]
Breeding pearls, [296]–298
Bremond, Gabriele, [411]
Brhatsamhita of Varâhamihira, [334]
Bridal presents, Pearls as, [170]
Brinton, D. G., [494]
Bristow, Samuel G., [494]
British Honduras, [511]
British Isles, [11], [159]–168
British Museum, [11], [20], [67], [405], [414], [510]
Brooch, [471]
Broome, Australia, [205]
Brown, Barnum, [511]
Browning, Robert, [303]
Bruce, Robert, [418]
Brunswick, Duke of, [349], [399]
Brydges, Sir Harford Jones, [459]
Bubics, Bishop, [481]
Buckhorn shell, [73]
Buckingham, Duke of, [24]
Buckland, F. T., [165]
Budapest National Museum, [435]
Buddha images, [288]–289
Buddhabhaṭṭa, [310], [335], [378]
Budé, Guillaume, [348]
Bulawayo, South Africa, [513]
Bullhead shell, [73]
Bunyan, John, [79]
Burgundy family, [21], [431]
Burkill, F. H., [136]
Burma, [135]
Bushell, Stephen W., [413]
Bushnell, David I., [509]
Butterfly shell, [73]
Button manufacture, [72], [264], [269], [271]
Button pearls, [352], [360], [470]
Buttons, Link, [443]
Buying pearls, [369]
Byron, Lord, [403]
Byssus, [66], [76]
Byzantine coins, [15]
Byzantium, [320]
Cæsar, Julius, [10], [11], [159], [329], [449]
Cæsarea, Syria, [406]
Calcutta, [357]
California, [280], [281]
California, Gulf of, [69], [241]–251, [294]
Caligula, [9]
Caliph Al-Mamun, [411]
Cambridge, Mass., [490]
Camden, William, [37], [160]
Canada, [281]
Candarin, weight, [322]
Caniapuscaw, Canada, [281]
Carat, [321]–329, [331], [333]
Carborel, José, [242]
Care of pearls, [394]–395
Caribbean Sea, [225]
Carl, Miss, [513]
Carlotta, Empress of Mexico, [397], [476]
Caroline Augusta, Empress, [474]
Caroline, Queen, [29]
Carpets embroidered with pearls, [411]
Carthage, Tenn., [263], [276]
Carupano, Venezuela, [234]
Cassis madagascarensis, [351], [354]
Castellani, Alexandro, [185]
Castellani, Augusto, [468]
Catharine de’ Medici, [24], [435], [453]
Catharine of Russia, [184]
Cavvadias, M. P., [405]
Ceram, [221]
Ceylon, [4], [29], [31], [45], [60], [81], [87], [99]–128, [293], [343]–347, [383]
Ceylon Company of Pearl Fishers, [110], [125], [127]
Chank, [78]
Chardin, Jean, [94]
Charente River, France, [171]
Charlemagne, [16], [472], [475]
Charles I of England, [431], [456]
Charles II of Spain, [452]
Charles IV, Crown of, [416]
Charles V, Buckle of, [24]
Charles VI of France, [313]
Charles the Bold, [21]
Charles the Bold’s jewel, [450]
Charlotte, Queen, [29]
Chauveton, Urbain, [38], [232]
Che-kiang, China, [288]
Chesapeake Bay, [267]
Chicago, Ill., [275], [499], [500]
Chicot, [58], [353]
Chillicothe, Ohio, [491], [500], [506]
China, [4], [5], [19], [145]–146, [285], [288], [302], [413]
Chinese pearl ornaments, [413]
Christ, [7], [304]
Christie’s Auction House, [477]–481
Chung-kwan-o, China, [290]
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [468]
Clam pearl. See Venus, [351], [486]
Cleaning pearls, [375], [377], [378], [396]
“Cleanness,” the poem, [21]
Cleopatra, [10], [55], [314], [315], [407], [449]
Clinch River, Tenn., [263]
Clinton, Tenn., [263], [276]
Clodius, [315]
Coche Island, Venezuela, [231], [233]
Cockburn, Lady Augusta Anne, [479]
Cocoanut pearls, [78], [351]
Cofaciqui, [253], [254], [257], [267]
Coins, ancient, [404], [450]
Collar, Pearl, [444]
Colombia, [233], [239], [282]
Colombo, [357]
Color of pearls, [60], [61], [97], [124], [166], [184], [221], [241], [261], [267], [273], [321], [351], [354], [359], [362], [467]
Colorado River, [261]
Columbus, Christopher, [23], [225], [226], [228], [321]
Columbus, Diego, [229]
Columbus, Ohio, [500]
Commerce in pearls, [319]–321
Commission des Instruments et Travaux, [326]
Comparette, F. Louis, [408]
Compiègne, France, [431]
Composition of pearls, [52], [314]
Comyn, Tomas de, [213]
Conch pearls, [55], [77], [278], [279], [351], [361], [464]
Conchiolin, [44], [51], [61]
Cone-shaped pearls, [352]
Congaree River, [492]
Connecticut, [266]
Connemara, Ireland, [165]
Constantinople, [15], [320]
Conway River, Wales, [37], [160], [161], [168]
Copenhagen, [476]
Coque de perle, [59], [351]
Coral, [412]
Cordiner, James, [104], [116], [382]
Cordoba, Maria Fernandez de, [433]
Coronation orb, English, [418]
Cortés, Hernando, [241]
Corvinus, Cross of, [423]
Cossack, Australia, [205], [466]
Costa Rica, [239], [282]
Coxe, Daniel, [258], [263]
Cracks in pearls, [271], [321], [381]
Crawfurd, John, [213]
Cresson, H. T., [501]
Crosses of pearls, [444]
Crowfoot drag, [269]
Crowns, [15], [24], [414]–420, [455], [472]–475
Crown jewels of France, [56], [461], [468]–472
Crusades, [19], [320]
Crystalline pearls, [54], [55], [351]
Cubagua Island, Venezuela, [228], [229], [231], [233]
Culin, Stewart, [414]
Cultching, [294]
Culture pearls, [41], [75], [148], [288]–293
Cumana, Venezuela, [228], [233], [234]
Cumberland River, [263], [494]
Cupid and Psyche, [307]
Curtis, William E., [282]
Cuzco, Cathedral of, [432]
Cylindrical pearls, [56], [353]
Czarina of Russia, Frontispiece
Czarina of Russia, Daughters of the, [442]
Dahlak Islands, [142]
Danube River, [18], [171], [177], [179]
Dark Ages, [17], [21], [320], [421]
Davenport, Charles B., [292]
Davis, Edwin H., [485], [489], [498]
Death of pearls, [397], [399]
Debenham & Storr, [481]
Dee River, Scotland, [164]
Denmark, [179], [512]
Dennis, James T., [6]
Dennys, N. B., [297]
Denton, Sherman F., [266]
Depletion of pearl beds, [31], [106], [132], [148], [164], [169], [175], [180], [206], [233], [261], [277], [294]
Dew-drop origin of pearls, [36]–39, [60]
Diamonds, [21], [28], [29], [30], [79], [259], [321], [330], [334], [369], [371], [392], [403], [412], [439], [442]
Diane de Poitiers, [436]
Diaz, Carmen Romero Rubio de, [441]
Diederichsen, [476]
Diemerbroeck, [94]
Dieseldorf, E. P., [511]
Dieulafait, Louis, [337]
Dinglinger, J. M., [475]
Dipsas plicatus, [75], [146], [288]
Distomum duplicatum, [42]
- margaritarum, [43]
- somateriæ, [43]
Divers, Characteristics of, [91], [93], [113], [131], [134], [137], [143], [149], [194], [207], [217], [238], [246]
Diving-bell, [239], [245], [247]
Diving, Limit of, [93], [94]–96, [195], [208], [219], [249]
Diving, Method of, [92], [114], [128], [132], [138], [142], [146], [194], [201]–203, [207], [219], [230], [236], [246], [249]
Diving-stones, [92]
Dixon washing machine, [123], [125]
Dog-tooth pearls, [352], [360]
Donnan, James, [93]
Don River, Scotland, [163], [164]
Doon River, Scotland, [163], [164]
Double pearls, [57], [353]
Dragon and pearl, [302]
Dragsen, Alfred, [476]
Dredging for pearl-oysters, [115], [146], [218], [231], [234]
Dreher, Julius D., [196]
Dresden, Germany, [475]
Drilling pearls, [378]–385, [477], [492], [496]
Drinking dissolved pearls, [314]
Drop-shaped pearls, [352]
Druggists’ pearls, [75]
Dublin Museum, [424], [425]
Dubois, Raphael, [43], [44], [55], [71]
Dubosq, Augustus, [390]
Dubosq, Henry, [390]
Dubuque, Iowa, [510]
Dudley, Lady, [479]
Durand, L. E., [88]
Dust-pearls, [56], [352], [445]
Durability of pearls, [395]–398
Dutch Indies, [202], [220]
Dyeing pearls, [377]
Earn River, Scotland, [164]
Ear-piercing, [407]
Earrings, [403], [404], [407]–410, [444]
East Africa, Fisheries of, [153]–156
East African Pearl Company, [154]
East Indian pearl jewelry, [412]
Ebert, Frank M., [267]
Ecclesiastical ornaments, [16], [17], [160], [421]–424, [444]
Echternacher Codex, [421]
Ecuador, [282]
Edgcumbe, Sir Robert, [153], [155]
Edibility of pearl mollusks, [66], [171], [210], [250], [280], [494]
Edward VI of England, [455]
Edward VII of England, [438]
Edward, the Black Prince, [417]
Effigy mound, [502], [504], [505]
Egbert, Archbishop of Treves, [421]
Egg-shaped pearls, [56], [240], [352], [470]
Egypt, Pearls in ancient, [6], [403] 403–404
Eldorado explorers, [252]
Elgin, Lord, [126]
Eligius or St. Eloi, [16]
Elizabeth of England, [24], [453], [454]
Elizabeth of Russia, [182], [183]
El Katif, [457]
Elster River, Saxony, [173]
Emanuel, Harry, [337], [340]
Embedded pearls, [57], [353], [376]
Emeralds, [330], [372], [412], [439]
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, [145]
Empress Dowager of China, [431] (plate)
Enriching a drink with pearls, [314]
Entrecolles, F. X. de, [285], [286]
Eo, Wilhelmus, [348]
Espiritŭ Santo Island, Mexico, [248], [293]
Esterházy, Count Maurice, [434]
Esterházy, Prince Nicholas, [434], [481]
Esthonia, Russia, [182], [183]
Etowah River, Georgia, [267]
Eugénie, Empress, [30], [164], [260], [307], [355], [395], [471]
Europe, Fisheries of, [168]–185
European pearl-bearing mollusks, [75], [160], [164], [170], [184]
Fabricius, Dionysius, [182]
Fake pearls, [361]
Falco, Alphonse, [468]
Farsan Islands, Red Sea, [142]
Fashion for pearls, [21], [30], [31], [329], [354], [439], [440]
Ferbecq, [475]
Ferguson, A. M., [117]
Ferranz, Ivens, [153]
Fertility of pearl mollusks, [67], [74]
Feuchtwanger, Lewis, [336]
Fever, Pearl hunting, [276]
Fewkes, J. Walter, [510]
Field Museum of Natural History, [499], [501], [503]
Filippi, Filippo de, [42]
Findhorn River, Scotland, [164]
Finland, Russia, [182], [183], [290]
Finot, Louis, [334]
Fishermen, Characteristics of, [91], [268], [275].
- See Divers.
Fishermen, Total number of, [80]
Fishing boats, [112], [113], [136], [141]
Flavor of pearls, [313], [315]
Flint River, Georgia, [268]
Florence, Italy, [24], [407]
Florida, [257], [262], [268], [278], [493]
Foix, Françoise de, [436]
Fontaneda, Hernando, [256], [257]
Forms of pearls, [55]–60, [351]–354
France, [17], [169]–171
Francis I of France, [468]
Frederick, Cæsar, [101]
Frederick III of Germany, [438]
French crown jewels, [56], [461], [468]–472
Fresh-water pearls, [16], [18], [30], [72]–75, [146], [159]–185, [252]–282, [351], [359]
Froehner, [12]
Fugger, J. J., [450]
Fukura, Japan, [293]
Funeral rites, use of pearls, [133]
Gabrielle d’Estrées, [436]
Gambier Islands, [190], [192]
Gann, Thomas, [511]
Garde-Meuble, Paris, [461]
Garner, Robert, [43]
Garrard & Co., [464]
Gemelli-Careri, [238]
Gemmen Münzen Cabinet, [12]
General Pearl and Coral-Fishing Association of London, [245]
Genoa, Italy, [24], [320]
Gentleman of Elvas, [253]
Georgia, [267], [492], [495]
German East Africa, [154]
German Federation of Jewelers, [326]
German ornaments, Antique, [421]–422
Germany, [171]–178, [294]
Giant clam, [53], [76], [144], [296]
Giard, Alfred, [43]
Gieger, Malachias, [312]
Gillman, H. W., [346]
Gimma, Giacinto, [213]
Gironde River, [171]
Glyptothek, Munich, [407]
Godron, D. A., [169]
Goethe, [305]
Gogibus pearl, [350], [461]
Gollancz, [20]
Gomara, Francisco Lopez de, [226], [235], [451], [455]
Gonzalez, President, [247]
Goode, John Mason, [94]
Gordon-Lennox, Lady Henry, [481]
Gould, Mrs. George J., [480] (plate)
Grain, Pearl, [322]–327, [330]–334
Gran, Cathedral of, [422]
Grass River, N. Y., [266]
Graves, Aboriginal, [253], [485]–512
Great pearls of history, [481], [482]
Greece, [8], [11], [307], [405], [409]
Greene, Robert, [253]
Greenland, [179]
Gresham, Sir Thomas, [314], [454]
Grimshaw, Beatrice, [197]
Grüne Gewölbe, [59], [175], [475]
Guadeloupe, Church of, [452]
Guatemala, [511]
Guidius, Joannes, [28]
Guillaume, M., [325]
Hafiz, [47]
Hale, Edward E., [241]
Half-pearl making, [392], [394]
Half-pearls, [354], [364], [444]
Half-pearls, values, [340]–341
Haliotidæ, [78]
Haliotis gigantea, [148]
Hammer pearls, [353]
Hampton Court, [22]
Hanover, Germany, [176]
Hapsburg family, [23]
Hardy, R. W. H., [245]
Hariot, Thomas, [257], [488]
Harley, Geo., [54], [396]
Harness, John M., [506]
Harness mound, [491], [496], [500], [506]–509
Harpeth River, Tenn., [494]
Harris, Israel H., [261]
Haupt, Paul, [6]
Hawkins, Sir Richard, [38]
Haystack pearls, [56], [353], [360]
Healing qualities of pearls, [314]
Hebrew literature, [6], [7]
Hedenberg, Frederick, [290]
Heikow, Lake of, Manchuria, [147]
Heirlooms, [434], [477], [479]
Hennepin, Father Louis, [495]
Henry V, [417], [454]
Henry VIII, [22], [431], [451]
Heraldic significance, [437]
Herculaneum, pearls from, [409]
Herdman, W. A., [45], [46], [155], [287], [290]
Hermitage, St. Petersburg, [11], [410], [415]
Herrick, Robert, [285]
Herrmann, Richard, [509]
Hesse, [177]
Hessling, Theodore von, [52], [172], [176], [181]
Hiller, Henry W., [462]
Hindus, [4], [301], [307], [309], [347], [350], [382]
Hinge pearls, [59], [352]
Hispano-American Museum, [432]
Holbein, Hans, [22]
Holberg, [179]
Holland, Philemon, [314]
Holy Roman Empire, [472], [475]
Home, Sir Everard, [42]
Homer, [8]
Hope pearls, [59], [463]–464
Hope, Henry Philip, [463]
Hopewell mounds, [490], [500]–505
Hopewell, M. C., [501]
Hornell, James, [45], [117], [127]
Horsehair threads, [391]
Hôtel de Tiraz, Palermo, [475]
Hôtel Drouot, [477]–479
Howe, Sir Everhard, [42]
Howell, David, [259], [260]
Howie, W. Forbes, [425]
Humbert, Mme., [478]
Humboldt, Alexander von, [23], [233]
Hungary, Pearls in, [179], [422], [423], [434], [481]
Hunt & Roskell, [465]
Hunyadi, Count Joseph, [434]
Hussock, Eugene, [282]
Iberville, Pierre, [258]
Ibn Batuta, [86], [94]
Ibo Archipelago, [153], [155]
Iciaha, [255], [259]
Idaho, [492]
Idar, Germany, [392]
Ille River, [170]
Illinois, [270], [274], [276], [509]
Illinois River, [264]
Ilz River, Bavaria, [172]
Imam of Muscat, [457], [464]
Imitation pearls, [29], [61], [279], [286], [361], [376], [382], [403], [445], [490], [497]
India, [3], [18], [128]–133, [293], [309], [343]–347, [354], [385]
Indiana, [276]
Indications of pearls, [71], [74], [165]
Ingram, David, [256]
Inspection of reefs, [108], [130], [155], [174]
International Committee of Weights and Measures, [326]
Inventories of jewels, [425]–431, [469], [470], [472]
Investments in pearls, [456]
Iowa, [276], [291]
Ireland, [17], [162], [165]
Irregular pearls, Value of, [342]
Isabella, Clara Eugenia, [436]
Isabella, Queen, [453]
Isar River, Bavaria, [172]
Isidorus of Charace, [85]
Isla River, [163], [164]
Jackson, A. V. Williams, [3], [5]
Jackson, Lowis d’A., [323], [347]
Jade, [412]
Jahn, J. G., [173]
Jameson, H. L., [43], [44], [67]
Japan, [70], [147], [292], [296], [302], [309]
Japanese divers, [137], [207], [208]
Jeffries, David, [331], [338]
Jesuits, [242], [244], [251], [258]
Jiddah, Arabia, [140], [142]
Jolo, Philippine Islands, [218]
Jones, Charles C., [485], [493], [495]
Jones, F. Alfred, [431]
Jones, Joseph, [493], [497]
Jones, William S., [493]
Jordanus, Friar, [100]
Joseph, Archduke, [434]
Josephine, Empress, [170]
Jouchanan ibn Massouiah, [95]
Juan, Griego, Venezuela, [234]
Julia, daughter of Titus, [407]
Juppel River, Prussia, [176]
Justinian the Great, [450]
Kaempfer, Engelbert, [147], [296]
Kalidasa, [4]
Karachi, India, [133]
Károly, Countess Alois, [434]
Kawall, H., [182]
Kelaart, E. F., [43], [127]
Kelly, James W. S., [466]
Kentucky, [262]
Khayat, Azeez, [406]
Khusrau crown, [411], [414]
Kimmerly, [297]
King of the Mound-Builders, [504]
Knolles, Richard, [455]
Kohl, Johann Georg, [184], [463]
Koran, [7]
Kosseir, Arabia, [142]
Kremlin, Moscow, [417], [424]
Krishna, [4], [306]
Küchenmeister, F., [43]
Kunstgewerbe Museum, Berlin, [421], [422]
Kunz, George F., [328], [527], [528]
Labrador, [281]
La Bruyère, Jean de, [169]
La Crosse, Wisconsin, [295]
Laminæ of pearls, [53], [54]
Lamnitz River, Bavaria, [171]
Lampsilis, [73]
- alatus, [73]
La Paz, Mexico, [245], [248], [251]
La Pellegrina, [461]–463
La Peregrina, [452], [462]
Laplanders, [184]
La Régente, [56], [461], [471]
La Reine des Perles, [461], [469]
La Salle, Robert, [505]
Lea, Isaac, [290]
Lead poisoning, [394]
Learning, E. B., [438]
Lease of pearl beds, [125]–127, [135], [246], [247]
Leavenworth, Indiana, [276]
Le Bec, Henry, [94], [104]
Lefevre and Curtis, [295]
Lehigh River, Penn., [259]
Leiner, Otto, [512]
Levin and Melville, Earl of, [453]
Lewis-Hill, Mrs., [480]
License to fishermen, [204], [217], [233], [240], [282]
Lima, Cathedral of, [432]
Lingah shell, [68], [98], [99], [141]
Linnæus, [41], [181], [286], [288]
Linnean Society of London, [286]
Linschoten, J. H. van, [86], [101]
Lister and Mandel, Norway, [180]
Lister, Martin, [170]
Litchfield County, Conn., [266]
Little Miami River, Ohio, [261], [262]
Livonia, Russia, [182]
Lobkowitz, Count Moritz, [433]
Loch Dochert, Scotland, [163]
Lollia Paulina, [406]
London, [358], [477]
London Society of Arts, [288]
Longevity of pearls, [79], [473], [478]
Loreto, Mexico, [245], [251]
Lorraine, Dukes of, [428], [429]
Lorraine, Germany, [169], [170]
Louvre Museum, Paris, [5], [11], [59], [398], [403]–405, [408], [430], [437], [454], [465]
Love for pearls, [7], [9], [184], [304], [347], [463], [510]
Lovell, Robert, [312]
Lower California, [241], [247]
Lower California Pearl Fishing Company, [247]
Lüneburg, Germany, [176]
Luster of pearls, [51], [52], [78], [293]
Lyell, Sir Charles, [511]
Maabar, King of, [412]
Macassar, [70], [221]
McEvers mound, [509]
Macgowan, D. T., [288]
MacGregor, David, [165]
McGregor, Iowa, [272], [276]
Madras, [129]–130, [354], [357]
Mahavansa, [4]
Maine, [265]
Malabar fisheries, [132]
Malay Archipelago, [30], [67], [70], [201], [212]–221, [296]
Malcolm, Sir John, [89]
Manama, Persian Gulf, [90]
Manar, Gulf of, [65], [67], [99]–131
Manchuria, [146], [147]
Manila, [70], [221]
Mani-Málá, [310]
Manlius, [9]
Mannheim Natural History Society, [177]
Manta, Ecuador, [282]
Maple-leaf shell, [73]
Marbach, Austria, [179]
Marbodus, Bishop of Rennes, [160]
Margaret, [305]
Margaret, Pearl of Bohemia, [305]
Margaret Tudor, Queen, [308]
Margaret, wife of James III, [22]
Margarita, wife of Philip III, [432], [452]
Margarita Island, Venezuela, [229], [233], [457]
Margaritarii, [320]
Margaritiferæ, [67], [351]
Margaritifera, [296]
- carcharium, [70], [200]
- margaritifera, [68], [155], [164], [184], [190], [200], [214], [221], [425]
  - cumingi, [44], [69]
  - erythræensis, [69], [140]
  - mazatlanica, [69], [248]
  - persica, [69]
- martensi, [70], [148], [292]
- maxima, [70], [133], [200], [214], [221]
- panasisæ, [148]
- radiata, [70], [234]
- vinesi, [248]
- vulgaris, [44], [67], [68], [98], [134], [155]
Margherita, Queen of Italy, [438], [442]
Marguerite of Flanders, [426]
Marguerite of France, [381]
Maria Loretto, Prague, [423]
Maria Louise, Empress of France, [461]
Maria de’ Medici, [24], [308]
Maria Theresa, [24] (plate), [179], [395], [473]
Marichchikadde, Ceylon, [109]
Marketing pearls, [349]–351, [356]–362
Marlborough, Duchess of, [465]
Marquesas Islands, [189]
Marriott mound, [498]
Martial, [10]
Martin, Daniel S., [492]
Martyr, Peter, [38]
Mary Stuart, [24], [453]
Maryland, [267], [489]
Massachusetts, [265]
Massey-Mainwaring collection, [480]
Massoudi, [86]
Massowah, Egypt, [142]
Matched pearls, [349]
Matheson, Lady, [478]
Maturity of Unios, [74]
Maurus, Rabanus, [304]
Medici, Lorenzo de, [313]
Medicinal use of pearls, [18], [133], [308]–314, [351], [360]
Mediterranean Sea, [67], [185], [293]
Megasthenes, [11], [85]
Melbourne, Australia, Chamber of Commerce, [327]
Meleagrina margaritifera, [204], [205]
Melville Island, [190]
Meredith, Owen, [306]
Mergui Archipelago, [70], [133]–139, [221]
Metric carat, [325]–327
Metropolitan Museum of Art, [11], [405]
Metz, Charles L., [498]
Mexico, [23], [29], [30], [60], [69], [241]–252, [433], [476]
Miami Valley, [489]
Middendorf, Alexander von, [184]
Mikimoto, Kokichi, [292], [293]
Milan, Cathedral of, [17]
Miller, Hugh, [167]
Mills, William C., [491], [496], [500], [506]
Milman, Hugh, [206], [211]
Milton, John, [87], [189], [307]
Mingti, Emperor of China, [145]
Missals, Decoration of, [16], [17]
Mississippi clams, [72]–74
Mississippi River, [258], [264], [271], [272], [273], [359]
Mississippi Valley, [30], [252], [262]
Missouri Historical Society, [509]
Mitsukuri, K., [292]
Möbius, Karl, [43], [176], [178]
Mogeaud, Gaston, [398]
Mogul, Great, [457]
Moldau River, Austria, [178], [179]
Mongareva, [192]
Monster pearls, [353]
Montana, [512]
Monte de Piedad, [476]
Monterey, Cal., [280]
Montpensier, Comte de, [425]
Montpensier, Duchesse de, [437]
Montrose, Duchess of, [478]
Moore, Clarence B., [485], [492]
Moore, Thomas, [37], [241]
Moore, W. H., Pearl of, [482]
Moorehead, Warren K., [485], [490], [499]–507
Moosehead Lake, Maine, [265]
Morales, Gaspar de, [236]
Moravians, [259]
More, Sir Thomas, [22]
Mörenhout, [192]
Morgan, J. de, [403], [405]
Morgan, J. Pierpont, [17]
Morgan-Tiffany Collection, [266], [467]
Moro Province, [215]
Moscow, [461], [463]
Moscow Pearl, 1840, [463]
Mother-of-pearl, [6], [53], [69], [70], [80], [198], [201], [220], [238], [245]
Moulins, Cathedral of, [435]
Mound pearls, [485]–511
Moundville, Ala., [493]
Mulege, Mexico, [243], [245], [251]
Müller, Sophus, [512]
Munshi, Kadir, [51]
Murad I, [421]
Muscat, Arabia, [156]
Muscatine, Iowa, [271], [276]
Musée de l’Hôtel de Cluny, [16], [415]
Mya margaritifera, [287]
Mystic River, Conn., [266]
Mystical properties, [301]–308
Mytilidæ, [75]
Mytilus crasitesta, [148]
- edulis, [43], [44], [160], [168]
- smaragdinus, [131]
Nacre, [51], [53], [54], [66], [70], [288], [289]
Nadenäs, Norway, [180]
Naldi, Pio, [331], [338], [342], [343]
Nao-ratna, [412]
Naples Museum, [409]
Napoleon I, [469]
Napoleon III, [461], [470]
Narahari, [78], [308]
Narvaez, Pánfilo, de, [256]
Nassau, Bahamas, [279]
Nautilus, [59], [351]
Nautilus pompilius, [78], [214], [354]
Nawanagar, India, [132]
Nearchus, [85]
Necklace, Accumulating a, [442]
Necklaces, Method of valuing, [331]–333
Necklace, pearl, [273], [362], [365], [386]–388, [404], [439], [443], [471], [473], [478], [480]
Neisse River, Russia, [176]
Nero, [9]
Nesbit, Alexander, [17]
New Brunswick, Canada, [281]
New Cadiz, Venezuela, [229]
New Caledonia, [189], [193], [194]
New Guinea, [67]
New Jersey, [259], [261], [290]
Newport, Arkansas, [276]
New York City, [260], [262]
New York State, [266]
Niggerhead shell, [72]
Nigger hunting, [201]
Nineveh Obelisk, [6]
Nino, Pedro Alonso, [228]
Nishikawa, T., [293], [309], [414]
Nith River, Scotland, [164]
Nitsche, Hinrich, [173], [174] 175
Nonesuch Pond, Mass., [265]
Nordica, Mme., [468], [476] (plate)
Nordica pearl, [468]
North Carolina, [298]
Norway, [180]
Nose rings, [443]
Notch Brook, N. J., [259], [260]
Notice of fishery, [108], [110], [111], [130]
Nova Scotia, Canada, [281]
Nuclei of pearls, [41], [52], [55], [58], [60], [288], [289], [380]
Nuggets, [353]
Nuremberg, [320], [348]
Nuttal, Mme. Zélie, [433]
Oberstein, Germany, [393]
Ocklocknee River, Fla., [268]
Ocmulgee River, Ga., [268]
Oconee River, Ga., [268], [495]
Oder River, Prussia, [175]
Odet River, France, [170]
Oelsnitz River, Bavaria, [171]
Ogeechee River, Ga., [495]
Ohio, [261], [489]
Ohio Archæological and Historical Society, [490], [506]–508
Ohio River, [264]
Okeechobee Lake, Fla., [494]
Olonetz, Russia, [182], [183]
Oman Coast, Arabia, [142]
Omura, Gulf of, [147]
Oostanaula River, Ga., [267]
Opening pearl mollusks, [122], [139], [198], [209], [250], [255], [271], [273]
Oppert, Jules, [85]
Order of Christ, [439]
Order of Crown of India, [439]
Oregonia, Ohio, [497]
Oriental collections of pearls, [355]–357
Oriental pearls, [351], [359]
Orient or luster, cause of, [53], [54]
Origen 159
Origin of pearls, [35]–48
Ormus, Island of, [86], [87], [457]
Ortega, Iturbide, [242]
Osio, Manuel, [242]
Ostrea, [53], [66], [351], [467]
- edulis, [77]
- virginica, [77], [488]
Ottoman crown jewels, [421]
Ounce-pearls, [360]
Ourejenaya Palata, Moscow, [17]
Oviedo y Valdes, [229], [237], [451], [455]
Oyster, edible, [77]
Oyster pearls, [351]
Palermo, [475]
Palgrave, W. G., [90]
Panama, [23], [56], [60], [69], [235]–241, [451], [452]
Pancake shell, [73]
Panciroli, [450]
Papeiti, [189], [198]
Papers of pearls, [358], [360], [361], [386]
Paphos pin, [405]
Paragon pearls, [56], [352]
Parasitic formation of pearls, [42]–46, [295]
Parasitic stage of Unios, [73], [295]
Paris, [358], [477]
Paris, Académie des Sciences, [291]
Passau, Bavaria, [172], [179]
Peabody Museum of Archæology, [486], [490]
Peacock Throne, [458]
Pearl blisters, [389], [390]
Pearl-caps, [184], [185]
Pearl carpet of Baroda, [460]
Pearl cloth, [445]
Pearl coast, [231]
Pearl collar, [388]
Pearl-culture, [177], [285]–296
Pearl, derivation of word, [19], [20]
Pearl drills, [380], [383], [385], [394]
Pearl-dust, [380]
Pearl forms, [295]
Pearl-grading, [343]–347
Pearl Islands, Panama, [239]
Pearl mesh, [445]
Pearl monstrance, [424]
Pearl of Great Price, [7]
Pearl River, N. Y., [266]
“Pearl,” the poem, [20], [51]
Pearls, Annual product of, [79], [80]
Pearls as investments, [350], [355]
Pearls as tears, [307]
Pearls as wedding gifts, [306]–307
Pearls, Bibliography of, [517]–538
Pearls, Qualities of perfection in, [321], [336], [344], [370]–372
Pearly nautilus, [78]
Pear-shaped pearls, [56], [349], [352], [382], [456], [470]
Pecatonica River, Wisconsin, [262]
Pecten yezocusis, [148]
Pedrarias, [236]
Peelers, [353]
Peeling pearls, [58], [375]–377
Pegging pearls, [388]
Pelly, Sir Lewis, [88]
Penang, [221]
Pendants, [404], [442], [474]
Pennant, Thomas, [163]
Pennsylvania, [259], [261], [266]
Penrhyn, [189], [193]
Perazolli, A., [143]
Percival, Robert, [94], [104]
Periplus of the Erythræan, [100]
Perlbach River, Bavaria, [171]
Perle dolce, [343]
Perna, [155]
Peroz Pearl, [450]
Persia, [5], [31], [85]–99, [404]
Persian Gulf, [65], [67], [85]–99
Perthshire, Scotland, [165], [166]
Peru, [238]
Peruvian aristocracy, [433]
Petal pearls, [352], [360]
Petrie, George, [425]
Petrie, William F., [403]
Phenicians, [319]
Philip II of Spain, [431], [451], [452]
Philip IV of Spain, [350]
Philippine Commission, [217]
Philippine Islands, [213], [217]
Philo, [9]
Philostratos, [285]
Pickett, Albert H., [492]
Piebald pearls, [60]
Piercing pearls, [350].
- See Drilling pearls.
Pigeons, [169]
Pigopitta, [213]
Pinna nobilis, [155]
Pinna pearls, [55], [75], [351]
- squamosa, [355]
Pirate coast, [88], [89], [91]
Pirningerbach, Austria, [179]
Pisa, [24]
Placuna pearls, [296], [310], [311], [351]
Placuna placenta, [45], [76], [127], [132], [148], [221], [355]
Plagiola securis, [73]
Pleurobema œsopus, [73]
Pliny, [3], [8], [9], [10], [11], [36], [38], [55], [85], [159], [314], [315], [406], [409], [449]
Poland, [355]
Polishing pearls, [377]
Polo, Marco, [19], [100], [116], [310], [357], [411], [414]
Pomaré, Queen, [192], [198]
Pompeiian pearls, [409]
Pompey, [9]
Pooto, China, [289]
Port Darwin, Australia, [205]
Port Kennedy, Australia, [205]
Porter group of mounds, [490], [498]
Porter, Sir Robert Ker, [459]
Portuguese East Africa, [156]
Portuguese Order of Christ, [439]
Pottier, M., [407]
Powder pearls, [344], [345]
Powhatan, [486], [487]
Prague, [416], [423], [434], [455]
Prague, Association of Jewelers and Goldsmiths of, [327]
Prairie du Chien, Wis., [262], [272], [275], [276]
Prince Edward Island, Canada, [281]
Procopius, [11], [450]
Prussian regalia, [420]
Ptolemy, [85]
Putnam, F. W., [485], [490], [498]
Puton, Ernest, [169]
Quackenbush, Jacob, [260]
Quadrula ebena, [72]
- heros, [74]
- plicata, [72]
- undulata, [72]
- wardi, [73]
Quahog, [77]
Quebec, Canada, [281]
Queen Mary Pearl, [275]
Queen Pearl, [260], [465]
Queensland, Australia, [199], [206]
Queiss River, Prussia, [176]
Quelpaerd Island, [149]
Ramayana, [4]
Randell & Bridge, [417]
Ratnagiri, India, [132]
Rau, Charles, [494]
Rau, Sebaldus, [95]
Rawlinson, Sir Henry, [6]
Read, Charles Hercules, [405], [510]
Réaumur, [40]
Reccesvinthus, Crown of, [16], [415]–416
Redding, Sir Robert, [162]
Red Sea, [31], [67], [69], [139]–144, [285]
Reed River, Florida, [256], [257]
Regalia, [418]–420, [443], [460], [473]
Regen River, Bavaria, [172]
Regulation of fishery, [193], [197], [204], [211], [218], [277]
Renaudot, [18]
Reues, Francis, [169]
Rhode Island, [259]
Rhodesia Museum, [513]
Ribeiro, Joano, [94]
Richard II, [22]
Rigveda, [4]
Ring-a-round pearls, [56], [353]
Rings with pearls, [438], [442]
Robinson, Edward, [12], [405]
Rock Island, Ill., [271]
Rock River, [262], [274]
Rogkerus. See Rugerus.
Rome, Georgia, [267]
Rome, Pearls in ancient, [8], [9], [12], [320], [406]–410
Rondelet, Gulielm, [40]
Rosales, Manuel Laudecta, [233]
Rosaries, [413]
Rosenberg Palace, Copenhagen, [59], [476]
Rosengarten Museum, Constance, [512]
Rosnel, Pierre de, [306], [338]
Rotschildt, Don A. de, [437]
Round pearls, [352], [470]
Royal fifth, [243], [244]
Rubies, [79], [330], [371], [392], [412], [417], [439]
Rückert, Friedrich, [35]
Rudolph II, [24], [455], [473]
Rugerus, [381], [423]
Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, [233]
Rupprecht, Prince, [302]
Russia, [463]
Russian Jewesses, [184]
Russian Treasury at Moscow, [414]
Rymsdyck, J. & A. van, [342], [371]
Saddle decorations, [360], [444]
Sadi, Shaikh, [37]
Safe-guarding pearls, [357], [399], [400]
Sahayun, Bernadino de, [433]
St. Augustine, [304]
St. Barbara, [435]
St. Denis, Paris, [425], [429], [430]
St. Domingo, Lima, [432]
St. Edward’s crown, [418]
St. Francis River, Ark., [263], [264]
St. Francisville, Ill., [276]
St. Jerome, [10]
St. Ludmilla, [417]
St. Margaret Ætheling, [305]
St. Margaret of Antioch, [305]
St. Petersburg, [462]
St. Stephen’s crown, [416]
Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, [425], [427]
Sales of pearls, [477]–481
Salisbury, England, [490]
Sand shells, [73]
Sandius, Christopher, [39]
San José Island, Mexico, [248]
San José Island, Panama, [239]
San Miguel, Panama, [239]
San Vitale, Ravenna, [15]
Sanskrit literature, [4], [36]
Santa Barbara, Cal., [280], [281]
Santo Domingo, Mexico, [434]
Santos, João dos, [153]
Sapphire, [371], [412], [439]
Satsuma, Japan, [147]
Saumaise, Claude de, [9]
Savannah River, [253], [452], [493], [495]
Saville, H. M., [282]
Saxony, Fisheries of, [173]–175
Scaphander, [137], [171], [196], [203], [234], [240], [247], [282]
Scarf-pins, [443]
Schärding, Austria, [179]
Scharff, R. F., [425]
Schleswig-Holstein, [178]
Schmerler family, [174], [177], [178]
Schulz, Aurel, [154]
Schuylkill River, Penn., [266], [267]
Schwarzbach River, Russia, [183]
Schwarzenberg, Count, [178], [434]
Schwarzenberg family, [178]
Schwesnitz River, Bavaria, [171]
Scioto River, Ohio, [491], [506]
Scioto Valley, Ohio, [489]
Scotch pearls, [17], [160]–164, [167], [319], [343], [427], [464]
Scotland, [17], [160]–167
Scott, Sir Walter, [35], [305], [419]
Scriptural references, [6], [7], [449]
Season, Fishery, [89], [109], [114], [141], [206], [240], [246], [250], [271], [277]
Seed-pearls, [18], [56], [124], [221], [273], [309], [337], [342], [352], [391]
Seed-pearl jewelry, [390]–392
Selangs, [134], [139]
Selling pearls, [276], [356], [361]
Seneca, [10]
Sermonata, Duchess of, [439]
Servia, [304]
Servilia pearl, [10], [449]
Setting pearls, [384], [388], [389], [393]
Seugne River, France, [171]
Seurat, L. G., [44]
Seven Sisters of Sleep, [310]
Shabl Abdullah, [306]
Shah Jehan, [458]
Shah’s pearls in 1820, [459]
Shah’s tippet, [459]
Shakspere, [35], [122], [314], [319]
Shark-charmers, [115], [116]
Sharks, [117], [138], [144], [208], [249]
Shark’s Bay, Australia, [57], [60], [70], [200], [211], [468]
Shelley, P. B., [212], [278]
Shell-heaps, [492]
Shells, Commercial varieties, [69], [70], [72], [73], [124], [141], [143], [221]
Shells, Product of, [80], [99]
Shells, Sweet-water, [264]
Shepaug River, Conn., [266]
Shrine of St. Patrick’s Gospels, [424]
Shuangtze, [302]
Shu King, [5]
Siam, Gulf of, [149]
Siamese decoration, [439]
Sibbald, Robert, [161]
Siberia, Fisheries of, [147]
Sieves (peddi) for pearls, [344]
Silesia, Germany, [175]
Silk threads for pearls, [387]
Silva-Tierra, Father, [242]
Simmonds, Vane, [291]
Simpson, James J., [155]
Sinaloa, Mexico, [244], [248]
Singapore, [135], [149], [220]
Size of pearls, [328], [344]
Slaney River, Ireland, [162]
Slugs, [272], [275], [352], [360]
Smith, Captain John, [486]
Smith, Charles Roach, [414]
Smith, Harlan I., [492]
Smith, Sir J. E., [287]
Smithsonian Institution, [490]
Smithville, Tenn., [263], [276]
Snail shell, [139], [148]
Snyder, J. F., [509]
Sofala, Africa, [106], [153]
Sokotra Islands, [142]
Solomon, [301]
Solubility of pearls, [55]
Sonnapore mussels, [132]
Sonora, Mexico, [241], [244], [245], [248], [251]
Sorting pearls, [385]
Soto, Hernando de, [253], [255], [452]
Sources of pearls, [65]–81
Sourindro Mohun Tagore, [309]
South America, [65], [282]
South Carolina, [492]
Southern Cross, [57], [466], [467]
South Kensington Museum, [464]
South Sea Islands, [29], [30], [189]–198
Spain, [327], [355]
Spanish crown jewels, [452]
Spanish jewelry, [432]
Specific gravity of pearls, [52]
Spenser, Edmund, [161]
Spey River, Scotland, [164]
Spherical pearls, [55], [56]
Springs, Fresh-water, [96]
Squier, E. George, [485], [489], [490]
Stang-Alla River, France, [170]
Statistics of fisheries, [80], [88], [91], [98], [100], [103], [105], [126], [136], [143], [246]
Stavanger, Norway, [180]
Stearns, Frederick E., [279]
Steever, E. Z., [468]
Steinbach River, Germany, [177]
Steir River, France, [170]
Stilicho pearls, [12]
Stock-book for pearls, [324]
Stoddard, C. W., [194]
Strachey, William, [487], [488]
Strawberry pearls, [56], [353]
Streeter, E. W., [214], [349], [390], [465]
Stringing pearls, [386]–388
Strombus gigas, [77], [278], [351]
Strozzi, Philip, [436]
Structure of pearls, [51]–55
Stupefying mollusks, [292]
Suakin, Egypt, [140]
Sudbury River, Mass., [265]
Suetonius, [10], [159]
Sugar River, Wisconsin, [262]
Sultan of Sulu, [215], [217], [220], [350], [468]
Sulu Archipelago, [70], [213], [214]–220, [350], [468]
Sumptuary laws, [10], [25]–28
Susa necklace, [386], [404], [405]
Sweden, [180], [286], [290]
Sweetness of pearls, [305]
Sydney, Australia, [201]
Sydney shell, [70]
Symphynota complanata, [73]
Syracusan coins, [409]
Syria, Pearls in ancient, [386], [406]
Syrian pearl merchants, [357]
Tabari, [411], [415]
Tablegram Lake, Ceylon, [127]
Tacitus, [159]
Tahiti, [189], [190], [196], [290]
Talmud, [7]
Talomeco, Temple of, [254], [452]
Taoists, [302]
Tararequi pearls, [236], [451]
Tariff on pearls, [362]–369
Tasso, Torquato, [153]
Taunton, Henry, [58], [202], [466]
Tavernier, J. B., [56], [60], [87], [97], [147], [172], [331], [412], [456]
Tavernier pearls, [456]–458
Taylor mound, [497]
Tay River, Scotland, [163], [164]
Tears, Pearls as, [35], [307]–308
Teheran, Persia, [458], [459]
Teifashi, Ahmad ibn, [335]
Teith River, Scotland, [164]
Teixeira, Pedro, [40], [103], [242]
Temple of Talomeco, [254], [452]
Tennessee, [262], [263], [276], [494]
Tennessee River, [263], [494]
Tennyson, Alfred, [305]
Terron, Juan, [255]
Texas, [261], [262]
Theft of pearls, [118], [123], [210], [232]
Theodora, Mosaic of, [15]
Theophrastus, [8], [405]
Thiers necklace, [398], [465]
Three-ridge shells, [72]
Thursday Island, [205], [207]
Thurston, Edgar, [131]
Tiana, Captain, [216]
Tiaras, [443]
Tiffany & Co., [394]
Tiffany, Charles L., [260], [276], [350]
Tiffany Queen Pearl, [260], [465]
Tomaco, [235]
Tonti, [505]
Top-shaped pearls, [352]
Torres Straits, [199], [201], [210], [211]
Transylvania, [432]
Treves, Cathedral of, [422]
Tridacna gigas, [53], [76], [144], [296]
Triptych, [433]
Tritigonia verrucosa, [73]
Troiza Monastery, Moscow, [424]
Tuamotu Islands, [29], [189], [190], [196], [198], [294]
Turbinella rapa, [78]
Turbo marmoratus, [139]
Turner group of mounds, [490], [499]
Turtleback pearls, [56], [353], [360]
Tuticorin, India, [128], [130]
Twynam, Sir William, [117]
Tyszkiewicz statuette, [12]
Uelzen, Germany, [176]
Uffizi, Florence, [12], [407], [436]
Uhler, P. R., [489]
Ulloa, Antonio de, [238]
Ulmann, H., [512]
Ungava, Canada, [281]
Unio complanata, [73], [265]
- dahuricus, [75], [146]
- littoralis, [511]
- margaritifera, [513]
- mongolicus, [75], [146]
- sinuatus, [170]
- verreauxi, [513]
- virginianus, [494]
Unionidæ, [72], [351]
Unios, [59], [72]–74, [259], [261], [268], [272], [290], [291], [294]
United States, [252]–278, [291]
United States National Museum, [290], [494]
University of Moscow, [59]
Unripe pearls, [61]
Urim and Thummim, [412]
Uzaramo, Africa, [154]
Vaca, Cabeza de, [256]
Values of pearls, [273], [274], [275], [279], [281], [282], [329]–349, [350], [361], [470], [474]
- method of computing, [331]–335, [346]–348
Van Buren pearls, [464]
Van Dort, K., [149]
Vatican, [407]
Vaughan, Rice, [338]
Vedas, [3], [4], [301]
Veerapandianpatanam, [130]
Vega, Garcilasso de la, [253], [254], [452]
Venezuela, [23], [31], [38], [70], [225]–235, [354], [457]
Venice, [24], [25]–27, [320], [348]
Venus, [306], [467]
Venus de Medici, [407]
Venus de Milo, [408]
Venus Genetrix, [159], [407]
Venus mercenaria, [77], [488]
Venus of the Pantheon, [407], [449]
Venus, Statues of, [10], [11]
Venus, Temple of, [9]
Vermont, [262]
Vernatti, Sir Philiberto, [94]
Verrazano, Juan, [256]
Victor Emanuel II, [468]
Victoria, Association of Manufacturing Jewelers of the Colony of, [327]
Victoria crown, [417]
Victoria, Princess, [438]
Victoria, Queen, [163], [167], [425]
Vienna, [395], [472]
Vilshofen, Finland, [290]
Vils River, Bavaria, [171]
Vincennes, Indiana, [276]
Vinegar, [315]
Virgin pearls, [308]
Virginia, [486], [488], [489]
Vitellius, [10]
Vladimir crown, [417]
Vogtland, Saxony, [173]
Volga River, Russia, [181]
Vologne River, France, [169], [170]
Von Middendorf, [184]
Vosges mountains, [169]
Wabash River, [264], [265]
Waddesden collection, [59]
Wahibis of Pirate Coast, [89]
Waistcoat buttons, [443]
Waizkirchen, [179]
Waldheim, G. Fischer de, [461]
Walk, How Unios, [74]
Walpole, Horace, [454]
Walters, Henry, [394]
Washington, George, [438]
Washington, State of, [262]
Water-telescopes, [141], [194], [268], [278]
Waynesville, Ohio, [261]
Webster, John, [307]
Wedding gifts of pearls, [476]
Weighing pearls, [321]–329, [346]
Weights of pearls, [56], [251], [327], [330], [481], [482]
Welker, Landreth, [177]
Wellsted, J. R., [88], [93], [142]
Wenkheim, Countess, [434]
West Indies, [278]
Westminster Abbey, [454]
White Cart River, Scotland, [161]
White Main River, Germany, [176]
White River, Arkansas, [263], [264]
Whitfield, R. P., [512]
Whittier, J. G., [252]
Wijayo, King, [4]
Willoughby, Charles C., [486], [488]
Window-glass shell, [76].
- See Placuna.
Wing pearls, [352], [359]
Wire threads for pearls, [388]
Wisconsin, [262], [276]
Wohlberedt, O., [173]
Women as fishermen, [149], [155], [189], [264]
Wordsworth, Wm., [305]
World’s Columbian Exposition, [490], [500], [501]
Worms, Parasitical, [43]–45
Wottawa River, Austria, [178], [179]
Wright, Marie Robinson, [511]
Wyman, Jeffries, [493]
Wynne, Sir Richard, [161]
Xavier, St. Francis, [131]
X-ray examination, [71]
Yaqui Indians, Mexico, [242], [243], [246]
Yellow pearls, [97], [98], [212], [351], [354], [377], [468]
Youssoupoff, Princess, [461], [462]
Ythan River, Scotland, [164]
Yucatan, [511]
Yu Shun Yang, [290]
Zanzibar, [156]
Zonaras, [450]
Zozima pearl, [461], [462]
Zwemer, S. M., [35]