"The following cut, taken from one of Sir W. Hamilton's fictile vases, and representing Aeneas followed…
"Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner…
"The royal Sceptre with the Cross is of gold; the handle is plain, and the upper part wreathed; it is…
"The sceptre with the dove is of gold, three feet seven inches long; the circumference of the handle…
"Sceptrum, which originally denoted a simple staff or walking stick, was emblematic of station and authority.…