Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-18
Masses ofPrecions Stones.

| said there were over tnrce nunurcQ lois
| that means, of course, that there are hundreds
upon hundreds of single articles Of jewclIy.
some Of them of immense value. The greater
| lots are in the form Of psrures-that is. full s.ts
iu one pattern of diadem, bracelets. carIitg9,
collar, girdIe and all the neodlul odds aud endS.
| There is Her Majesty Set 10 emeralda. for IL
stancc-"a grand and superb diadem, sa,s
the catalogue, and it says DO more than th:
truth with very important emcraiL ~e's!:
ing l66 karats, to form clasp Tor the son:
aober, Then there is Her Maiesty's set in to-
pszes (pink,) with brilIiants tor their sttllus,
bepinniuy with a orown, which uses up iu'ty'
nine niok topaz,s to start With, aud live times
az mapy brilIiants to form its flowers. The
collar of this set, more modest than the crown,
takes but twenty six topazss, the bracelets bat
four each, and so on till We come to the COM
paraive destiution of the eaIriogs, which tsko
but three.
Here We have a ducal corouet, collar, a
great oorsage ornament, bracelet and couple
Of epaulet brooches with saprhires stuck a.
over them as thick!y as taste will allow. Ar
now what for Thursday2 Ane,hysts. with >.
and twenty 10 the collar alone. Turqu''''
mounted in silver, shall be Fridays wear. al
for Saturday suppose We try foolish, tnI,n.. ln
brilliants are made up % flowers. and pluS
nearl. looking very much like p,uvo OF light
coral. forms The heart Of every bud.
Here we have q collar oil pearls as yet IN
noticed 10 our fanoied order OF embellishments;
They number just ton hundred and twenty ar"
one, and there arc exactly as many rond' l'a
Tor, as mechanical engineer might cal them.
screw "washers') Of diamonds to s:pirat'
pearl from pearl The largest pearl IS oil abou;
tho sizs of marble. and all the thousand aud
odd are arranged in eleven Symmetrical rows.
Here is a network Of emeralds set IN brli
iants, which, though they call it but 'eul
lar" might better deserve the name OF
breastplate. as it's lowest pear shaped emerald
would reach down 10 the waist. 1t ls, IN TRUTH
quite piece Of arohitecture-a facade IN pre-
oious stones. starting at tho neck with 40 uo
long emerald nearly two inches in its greatest
breadth proceeding downwsrds to l,zenge
shaped emerald, which is only less 10 superb.
cisl area, and terminating 10 another !oz.nge,
With three ofthe pear pendants aforesaid.
Here is pair of earrings in billlants Justly
qualified as remarkable" inasmuch AZ the
buttons weigh thirty seven karats and the pen
dauts that and ten more. And there are Ola
dems 10 briIliants, one, two and threo. many
another ornament is, 10 like manner, 10 du-
plicate or triplicate of form. The collar OF
pearls numbered 202 contains thirty seven OF
these treasures of an OYSTER" weighing l,57o
grains, and for pendant "a splendid and unique
pear pearll'-l am speaking by tho card
weighing 237. Lot 3 (of brilliants) is in the
form Of simple butterfy-the sport Of suony
hours, tu! decidedly one of tropical breed, tor
it is nearly as largo as lady's hand. The
body is composed of four diamonds, the head
of one weighing twenty two karats, and 1t Is
mounted 10 silver almost as a matter tt course.
-Paris Correspondent Of the ". T. Worlds
description of Queen of SPANS je1cls "ol0
Lcin1 sOH