Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
Fashionsin, Genssand JeWelry.

constantly sought for. Nothing ever
takes the precedence of them. There
S sometimes change in the manner
of setting them, but that is the onlv
control fashion has over them. Just
now with them, as indeed with all gems.
the fancy seems to be for plain solid
settings. Earrings are worn close to
the ear, even when they are set pendent
fashion. The newest style of diamond
earrings has a delicate black enamelled
hoop but o trife larger than the gem
which hangs inside it. Solitaire rings
have still the " crown" setting, but
plain, solid band of gold reaches to the
top OF the crown, making it at once
richer III appearance and much strong
er. When more than one stone is used
the " marquise," long, narrow shape,
is most stylish.
Ranking in desirability next to the
diamond are the sapphire and emerald.
These are about equal in value, and cost
but little, if any, less than diamonds
themselves. Amethysts still ,lold their
own, and set with pearls make very
lovely sets. Now and then one comes
across carved amethyst, which, OF
| course, is very old and valuable, It lis
rarely that precious stones of any kind
are carved now, although this carving
was carried on to some extent by the
| anclents, and when, once or twice in a
generation, something of this sort is
stumbled across, a precious relic of an
tiqulty, it is certain it will be held most
| securely by it's fortunate finder. Tur-
quolses, though by no means the rage,
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are still worn with certain toilets, and
no brunette cares to give up her gar
nets, even though they are not the ex-
treme mode.
The fancy for stone canoes has arge
ly increased, and there is nothing that
is in greater demand. For sets, studs,
rings and sleeve buttons it is much
worn, and connoisseurs are as fastidious
about the carving of their canoes as
they are about the painting of pic
ture, or the rhythmical perfection of
poem. In looking over the best Of the
modern canoes one is struck with the
scarcity Of the ancient subjects, and the
| modern style of the heads. The impor-
tiers say, as an explanation of this, that
most Of the stone cameo carvers have
gone from Rome to Paris finding a bet
ter remuneration for their labors, and
that they have naturally enough become
Parisianized in their ideas, and this
| shows In their work. So now, instead
of the goddess of mythology, they give
us the dlvlnities of the Jardin Mabille;
in place of Minerva with her helmet,
and chaste Dina crescent crowned, there
are piquant grisettes that lure from
wisdom's ways and four Jupiters
daughter to her face, and saucy inter
prefers of opera bouffe with nothing of
Diana except her "reminiscences: Now
and then, one trife less susceptible
| than the rest gives to the world an ex-
quisitly carved head of Mary Stuart, or
an ideal Marguerite, fairer even than
Goethe dreamed her, and sometimes
| a flower garlanded Flora with a French
| face.
With all these new sub ects to attract
the workers, it is not strange that the
verltable antiques should increase in
value in proportion to their rarity. and
that even the ugly, Ethiopian featured
face of Socrates should be more attract
i've to the erudite purchaser Of canoes
than the most graceful head of the pref
| tICSO l. AChSh Kill VI UuOn dill LII Is llko
meeting an old friend ia strange coun-
try, to find the beautiful young Angus
tus, the winged Mercury, grape-garland-
| ed Apollo, wise Minerva, cold Diana
even Venus herself in this modern COM
pany. Yet now and then one happens
to find them, though they are the rarest
and most costly OF any in the jewellers
| showcase.
The setting stone canoes is plain and
solid, and there is very noticeable
absence of anything like flagree work.
Pearls are used largely in connection
with canoes, but these are in sets for
middle-aged ladies and matrons. Young
| ladies are supposed to wear the gold
| settings exclusively. Rings for ladies
and gentlemen are made from stone
canoes; for ladies they are mostly in
"Marquise shape. with small full
ength figure Of Terpisichore or Psyche
engraved on them; gentlemen's rings
are larger and usually have head of
some famous person carved on them.
Among the heads most in favor are
those of Shakespeare, Byron and
Mozart. Some of the Byron heads are
singnlarly perfect.
| Black onyx with gold, diamonds or
pearls is one of the novelties of the sea-
Ion. Although perhaps the combina-
ton is not, strictly speaking, quite new,
yet the designs certainly are. One set
that is now on exhibition has necklace
composed of alternate fat links of onyx
nd gold; the pendent is in the shape
of cross, with smaller cross of dia-
monds set in the centre; the sleeve but
tons and earrings are composed of cir
cular pieces of onyx with large soil
taire dian ond in each. Another set has
clusters of pearls in. place of the dia-
monds, and this set comprehends the
brooch as we'll.
Coral is still high in favor, and re-
tains it's long-continued popularity.
The rarest and most valuable coral is the
notified coral, which has nearly the same
effect in red that malaehite has in green
and lapis-lazuli in blue. The shading,
however, is not quite SO marked, but is
exceedinglY delicate and perfactlY dis