The Jewel House in the Tower of London is both a building and an institution. Until 1782 it was the Department of the Jewel Office, under the Master of the Jewel Office, who was generally a senior politician.
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Famous quotes containing the words jewel and/or house:
“Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“What is the use of a house if you have n’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?—if you cannot tolerate the planet it is on?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)