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Mar. 22 Hamilton Collection discovered off Cornish Coast; One of the world's finest painted pottery collections which has been missing for almost 180 years, is being brought up by divers after it's discovery last year, and being reassembled by the British Museum. At present, nobody is willing to put a price on the collection which once belonged to Sir William Hamilton, who became remembered as The man who shared his wife with an Admireal (Napoleon) and shared his treasure with the sea. Some experts are putting an unofficial value on the collection of around1 million but the British Museum is reluctant to quote a figure as they have the first refusal when the collection, which officially belongs to the Crown, is put up for sale by the Receiver of Wreck.So far, about 20, 000 fragments, or sherds as they are called, have been brought up and are being assembled at the Museum. It has been described by voluntary workers as the biggest jigsaw puzzle in the world's an although there are already a handful of the sherds on view at the museum, it will another one to two years before the entire collection has been put together again. Divers prepare to send another basket of the precious pottery of Sir William Hamilton's collection to the surface during recovery work off the Isles of Scilly

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