| Show TREASURE IN ROYAL VAULTS VAULTS' Vast Accumulation of or Jewels Armor Furniture and Works of Art Stored in British Palace Special precautions are taken at Buckingham palace during renovations for guarding the treasure vaults These are three in number and their contents are of great gleat value comprising the vast accumulation of jewels armor statuary pictures furniture etc which have haye come Into the fhe possession of the royal roal family through various channels during the last two centuries and for far which no accommodation can be found in the state apartments of the royal residences Two of at the vaults are of great size j the largest measuring feet by t feet These are used for the storage of furniture re pictures etc The third vault 1 much smaller and find steel lined through through- throughout out is the Jewel room the contents of J I which may b be termed priceless Of gold ornaments alone there are ure over oyer weighing considerably over oyer a n aton I 8 ton In nil ill and many Individual items would f fetch thousands of pounds in tilt the open market Most ost of ot these treasures came save to J Queen Victoria as gifts from other sovereigns Every object In this vault J Is catalogued and tho the whole collection Is checked once a y year ar under the supervision SUe su i of the keeper of ot the privy Y purse |
