Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-11
MAGNIFICENT JEWELS.
Only Within the Reach of millionaire
Purses,


Nelo York World.
Fashion of late favors much that is
curious in jewelry designs showing gem
groupings. A brooch of rare beauty and
great value was recently designed bv one
OF our. popular jewelers.. The setting con-
tanned twenty-siX precious stones. com
prlslng eight different specimens. produce
ing gorgeous effect, sending forth a
myriad of richly-tinted splint red lights.
brooch design of artistic beauty is a
copy OF the aster flower, which is sur
prlslngly true to nature. The size of this
PIN is four inches in circumference, the
pure white centre is executed i'm seed
pearls, the outer petals are of rubies
emitting luminous blush red RAYS glow
lngly beautiful. The passion flower with
Its golden caly inclOsing the cOrolia, is a
remarkably pleasing design; the stamens
are formed of clustered sapphires resting
on dainty tilaments of rolled gold.
unique brooch of the four-leaved clO-
yer model is singularly artistic and sug-
gestive of youthful romance. This DESIGN
is a clustering on filagree gold work Of
Siberian green garnets, a fashionable
style of gem, and quite novel, being very
scarce and entirely unknown until within
few years. The glitter of the green GAR
net is not so intense as the emerald. vet
this new stone is brightly beautiful and
has proved Of great assistance in giving a
peculiarly fine shading to gem cOmbina-
tons. The green garnets found in North
Carolina are very valuable; the supply is
limited, and hence their great apprecia-
ton with admirers of jewel novelties,
A costly pendant, intended for birth
day souvenir to well known bankers
daughter, presents a singular design and
one of great originality. The shape of
this royal trinket is oblOng. 1t is encir-
cled with rose diamonds, then there are
four rows of rubies and emerald. alter
nately arranged. The centre design is a
fac smile of tarantula; the body is
formed of a large-sized emerald, around
which are tiny rubies; the ewes are black
pearls, and the diamond-studded legs are
spread in glittering beauty over web of
gold, so light in construction that the
slightest breath of air will produce n
tremulOusness which gives a crawling
aspect to the spider that is wonderfully
realistic, a mechanism that will doubtless
fail to gain appreciation with those ladies
who are easily agitated.
Messrs. Tiffany 81 Co. sold the other day
rare specimen of an unset AleXandrite
gem at a cost of $1,000. This style of
stone is a great novelty. By day it is of
sparkling green hue, with a pretty
glimmer Of red tWinkling in its breast.
presto, by gaslight the emerald hue has
entirely vanished. This transposition is
really wOnderful-instead of the olive
green there appears a crimson hue of
startling refulgeDce. In the DAYS when
superstition held such sway marvellous
things would doubtless be said respecting
the mystery of this color phenomenon
The AleXandrites are found in the island
of Cyprus and the Ural Mountains This
gem is named for the Emperor of Russia
1t combines admirably with diamonds.
pearls and the aqua marine stone.
A stone of blush green called beryl has
recently received special consideration in
clustered designs. This gem is a native
OF Brazil and Ceylon; it shows off to eX-
cellent advantage in connection with
rubies and sapphires and colored enamels.
A square lOcket of rolled gold, with cir
Gle of diamonds inside the rim of polished
gold, has decidedly beautiful centre de-
sign of graceful wheat spray composed
entirely of rose diamonds, and perched on
one of the long leaves is butterfly gor-
geously arrayed in Tubies, beryls, dia-
monds, pink, white and black pearls, ma
lachites, amethysts, topaz, sapphires and
Opals, magnificent assemblage of rare
jewels of great price.
Among the interesting facts respecting
precious stones, it is not generally known
that the first determinative in classifying
them has reference to their hardness and
specific gravity, and accordingly are they
SAID to be species of such or such a
family, no matter what the color NAV be !:
Tor example, the Oriental amethyst be-
longs to the sapphire race, and so does
the Eastern topaz, etc. There are a num-
Der of differently tinted sapphires: Che
common belief is that this gem is always
blue; on the contrary, it is of various
shades-pink, violet, white, green, yellow,
red and black.
Among the animal designs in iewelrv
perhaps the elephant has been more lib
orally represented than the other inmates
of the menagerie. At one time the Jewell
ed pig was very salable, and little grunt-
ers with ruby eyes and diamond studded
backs dangled from bracelets and chata-
LANES. For the present we are greeted bv
the charming spring swallows radiant
with diamond wings and dottings here
and there of gray pearls on rolled gold,
commingled with ash-tinted enamel, the
whole design eXquisitely effected, so cor
rectly representing the live bird, which is
the fancy of the season.
A very elegant shOulde-pin to fasten
any sort of lace garniture, presents a
picturesque design, in the shape of
double bar, with scallOped edges richly
adorned with diamonds, pink and black
pearls. Another style of shoulder pin
represents a large beetle standing on a
leaf showing autumnal tints. This bril-
liant array of shades is marveIlOusly well
presented in gems. The bug glitters with
the beauty of SapphireS, ODalS and black
pearls artistically grouped.
There are no very decided changes in
earrings. There has been floating rumors
that large hoops will be revived. There
is not much danger of these very I'M
becoming ornaments receiving notice so
long as the short earrings are sold. Sol
taires are fashionable, but the chic in this
line of goods is the large ruby known in
Europe as the ''lord of rubies." The
finest specimens OF this valuable gem are
taken from the Burmah mines belonging
to the King of Burmah, and Mrs. Grundy
says that His Majesty Is such a spend
thrift he is glad to sell some of his rubies
in order to keep himself out of debt.
An ingenious novelty in bracelet designs
is formed of rolled gold correctly resemb-
ling skeins of silk, with pretty gold slides
adorned with gold bells showing chased
works, in the centre of which nestles in
sparkling beauty diamond of the first
water, surrounded with emeralds. The
ends are beautifully finished with gold
balls; one is passed through a single slide
and securely holds the bracelet together.
Bangle bracelets are only fashionable for
misses.
The shopping bracelet is rather curl.
OuSS tu6 u6SlSh ID NuOllg Aui6flcdl, ana
is formed of repeated medalliOnS, Joined
by gold links that are passed twice around
the wrist, and carried through an open
slide, where the pencil is cunningly con-
cealed.
The novelties in necklaces are nume-
rOus, style of ornament that is daily be-
coming more and more fashionable; all
sorts of precious stones are employed. A
pearl necklace of three strands is on sale
for $4,000. The pendant is one large
pearl about the size of wax bean, and is
valued at 81, 400. A necklace arranged in
black pearls has fabulous price, $4,000.
This costly ornament is considered a great
curiosity.
A parure made in this city for the wife
of wealthy miner West, is valued at
$50, 000-the diamonds ranging in weight
from fifteen to thlrty-flve karats; the other
gems are emeralds, pearls, rubIes and
sapphires of various hues.
Mr.. A. II. Moore, Mill Ray, Ca, says: