Sultan Abdulhamid II. Jewel at a Washington, DC Museum

BismillahirRahmanirRahim A historically important piece is on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History at Washington, D.C. The Hooker Emerald consists of a superb 75.47carat Colombian emerald. Once the property of Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909). Tiffany & Co. acquired the emerald and mounted it in the current brooch … Continue reading Sultan Abdulhamid II. Jewel at a Washington, DC Museum