Posted by Boffer on November 17, 2012, 12:19 am, in reply to "Re: Vladamir tiara"
Pouches are used, as although a fitted case would look more "smart", for practical reasons, if a case was to be dropped or knocked, it is very easy for the contents to become mixed up and jumbled amongst their fitted compartments.
There is no way the pearls, or emeralds can escape from their pouches - avoiding any confusion and also this further protects the stones as they cannot be bumped or knocked together, thus avoiding being damaged in anyway - these pouches are in-turn themselves kept in compartments of the tiara-box.
You will also notice that they are nowadays kept in small plastic bags which are then kept inside the pouches - this is to further protect the gem stones from any kind of environmental damage - such as fibres or moisture.
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