New-York tribune., 1869-05-29
GEMS AND PRECIOUS WARES.

One of the Tarest of rare aud costly gems,
largo emerald without aw has recently been purchased
iu Europe by Messrs Starr Marcus Of No p Johust.
Though certainly not the finest emerald Of which there
is record is ne enough to be rated among the arstoc-
Tacy OF jewels and splendid enough were it Lot locked
up in such formidable safe, TO tempt man OF only
average morals burglary murder 1t is cut these
stones usually are in quadrangular Shape, with finely
beveled edges, the upper surface presenting fat table,
and The lower cut IN facets II has setting Beudan
in lis treatise Mueralogy, mentions the values Of
several fine emerads, and quotes Of the most yau
able with which he acquainted as being worth 24O0
The Jewel in the possession Of Starr Marcus is
wOruh nearly many dollars.
This gorgeous emerald however is only out Of a
great gerug mine Of wealth and beauty, locked up In
the aforesaid safe The diamond jewelry Ie-
Eak3be not only for the size and brancy Of the
expensive stones, but for their great variety. ranging
from single rings such poor young man might buy
1cr the finger his betrothed jeweed pins
income Of Erie Director The settings
OF the most admirable designs display in the inventor
IA fine artistic taste, well experienced eye
for the effect OF particular stones. Here is large
cross, for instance, Of twenty odd diamonds
al little distance it seems 20 be composed
Of stones OF great size aud enormous value;
but closer inspection IL Will be seen that the diamonds
are not remarkably large, their apparent sze being due
70 artul manner In which they set very Pccu
lar and charming effect Is produced by mounting da.
Inonds fine invisible springs, that whenever the
wearer moves they acquire peculiar quyering move
ment and scatter their rays Of brilliant light like
minute stars There superb earpcndants, composed
OF diamonds, emeralds, and pearls, and others Of da
mOnds, rubies and pearls. The collection Of canoes Is
perhaps unsurpassed In America The cutting perfectly
exquisite and OF the stones extremely and
beautiful Here IS head Of Adclina Patti set in
a delicate gold ring, with Tyre and scroll Of music for
ornaments on the top. The likeness Is very STRIKING
Here Is cAarmlug bead OF the beautiful Gabrielle Us.
trees; Leie another OF Madame du Bari; here charm
ius Venus Cupid, aud hererchest Of ALA superb
head Of Anne OF Austria remarkable not only for ts
Workmanship and rich setting but for the extremely rare
ana beautiful Stone in which ii is cut 1t is fine speci-
men Of chacedouy, the background being OF pale
creamy or whitish hue clouded with delicate ametLyst
ire veins.
Tie cheaper kinds Of jcwelry embrace some decided
curiosiucs. There l0ckcts Of every sort-god,
enamel and whatever else you wl-nlaid with minute
jewels Of various kinds forming arabesqucs, flowers and
birds OF paradise. There are earrings in bewderiug
variety And for gentlemen Of sportive tastes there
scarfpus and studs OF peculiar sort, which will well
repay examination. They apparently consist Of the
heads Of dogs horses and cats made OF some very del
icate and quite feke in color, covered with
convex crystal aud mounted on gold background. IN
reality the heads cut IN the back OF tho crystal aud
TIE ntaeols then colored with the brush by good min
iature painter The expression the faces Of Of
the animals is irresstibly cOmIcal There is EeIce little
Scotch terrier, longing TO worry something There is
delicate, clean-featured blackandan. There is pair
Of comfortable white cats, Sir" and Madame" AID
this large horses head seems almost alive.
Passing over the case Of Watches where we might find
some decided novelties VIC had little time, let
spend few minutes before the shelves Of silver
We don't advise any young bachelor look rashly
upon these treasures for he should tie Of cosey
little teo-Dots would marry and set up housekeeping
without months delay But supposiug that readers
have 20 dread such consequences being either
not averse to the penalty else having suffered it
already, permit ourselves to remark that more deli
rJus silver tcaservces be seen here I'm ten minutes
than We supposed human ingenuity was capable OF
devising. There is the tall and slender kind
very gcnteel. but trino stiff There is
she porily kind, 1T for a family Of
u or 90 There Is the gorgeous kind placed on the table
when you have your grandest company But best OF all
n Or taste Is the little laughing, roundbeed sort typi
Gadby teapot about the size and very near the shane
~ large dumping This kind means a tttea-ttte m the
back parlor-ony two persons, and those two rather
FOND OF each other To make the picture complete there
o,tt to he blazing fire; but this is good wealth
or for fires we may leave teapos awhile. and at
these silver flutdishes Here is pretty on sen
der stem and out Of the middle Of H. looking down upon
,lo uesches and grapes and other luscious fruits sup
posed 10 be heapcd upon the platter rises hyhph, ora
cupid or Flora some OtherimpossDle creature Here
are large and small dishcs,-dishes Tor lce'cream'
dishes for iely dishes Tor berries dishes IoI d" MINUS VI
trnes ana things, and all varieties OF spoons 10
match. Among tine silver dinner services we noticed
very ingenious combination Of elegance with economy
Zach dish has cover shaped just like the dish ITSELF ana
ledby ornamental knob IA the shape Of Stages mead
or something Of that sort sSppose, now your party IN
creaes you have sndden need Of more dishes than
your set contains you have only TO give that knob
short twist; the clamp that Il s 0osened; you
furu your over, ana there 10 Is another dish.
There u eot ~ English porcelain Of "a very rare
IL fp
1prtrd IL this country for sale, ana magnificent that
N vou seem shame 10 car of &C. The different pieces
nf gUeutrd with the most brilliantly cOlOred gar
nds .prtys aud single flowers, ana each figure is IN
Tyh feiteL set delicate as II cIiseled by sculptor