The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-03
TO SELEC9 JEWELLERY
s. Giving Such Presents
he Fashion, Beauty
and Suitability Should
Be Considered.
lgg5 Which FLATIER EACH OTHER
.rchitectural Designs moi in Good
Taste-Efect of Setting and
Light on Jewels.
.i8E5 Which FLlTIER EACH OTHER.

According to their beauty the best
been classified by authorities into four
orders:-Diamonds, rabies, sapphires. en-
Grads; topaz, opal, pearl. turquoise;
Syrian garnet, amethyst, coral: topaz,
lazuii. amber and agate; the onyx is a
carnelian.
In giving a presented jewels.on should
consider many points; among them the
significance. suitability, reputation of the
different stones; for instance. the emerald
is a promise of happiness, aud the sap
phire an emblem of purity aud love; the
black onyx is considered desirable as a
mourning jewel for a widow; the opal,
with its beautiful changing cOlorS, is ii
charm against love, aud, therefore, not
precisely suitable as a gilt from a man to
u oma
In the selection of a piece of jewelry
one should consider the beauty of the
metal as we'll as the gem; the delicacy
and perfection of the workmanship in the
mounting, the elegance of outline and the
idea of the design. advises the PhltG-
detphfd Inquirer. Each piece should be
full of contrasts. such as may be gained
from combining FURNISHED surfaces with
dull ones, close with open WORK., plain
with granulated surfaces, or from the
mixture OF different metals, like red gold
with silver. Unsymmetrical shapes aid
designs are to be preferred, as symmetri-
Cal ones always have a more or less seri-
Gus air through their regularity.
DESIGNS ALWAYS IN GOOD TASTE.
Those designs which display mytho-
logical and categorical figures, or forms
taken from geometry and the vegetable
Kingdom, are always refined. Architect.
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figure of human beings q animals, look
too heavy, n all wbims, such as a rab-
bit playing a drum, ssface with ruby eyes
and emerald lips. may be amusing, but
are quite out of taste.
A pair Of emerald earrings, represent
ing ~violets, with a dewdrop in the ~chalice,
enhance wonderfully the beauty of golden
hair. and a dragon-fy of brilliants and
sapphires, looking as if it had settled ac-
~cidentally on a lovely head, makes a very
handsome hairpin.
PRETTY COMBINATIONS.
1t would be we'll to know that the union
of rnbies and emeralds produces a hard
contrast, painful to the eye. In all strik-
ing color combinations. such as turquoise
and ruby turquoise and garnet, turquoise
ana cnodyI1e gems impair each others
haded mere the turquoise looks greenish.
1nese tWoymore scarlet, while the garnet
E q the coral turns yellowish.
- seoAec nedtiy Always 1ooh WELL
log sT with diamonds, because the dla-
Sr actually colorless The mixture
%rl6red gems with pearls is not so sue
1xrsful; sapphire, emerald, topaz, anne
4 4Iyst. look well enough with the silverv
$rilliancy and opaline tinus of the pearl,
but the ruby has too decided a color TO be
@placed with it. Rnbies, however, are
charming when set with opals, because
their Vivid crimson finds a response in
the subdued fire Of the other.
setting of gold. purified on its surface,
lendsa greenish hue to the topaz, deepens
the shade of the emerald and the blue of
the sapphire and gives a clearer azure
tinge to the Eastern pearl. Red enamel
enhances the beauty of the emerald, and in
asettlng of green enamel the ruby appears
of a richer crimson, and the garnets a more
vivid red. Violet enamel heightens the
tone of the topaz. which, by the side of the
blue enamel, takes a pretty orange tint.
A setting of green gold increases the red
lights. which constitute the beauty of the
opal and throws a charming ruby ~reflec-
tion upoa the pearl.
A necklet of coral looks best with dark
green dress or dark red dress. A string
of am Der pearls will be worn to advantage
with violet dress. Rubies and corals are
generally becoming to bruuettes. while
sapphires and t~urquoises are more suita-
BILE TO blondes.
The colors of jewels are greatly infu-
enced by artificial light. Under gas
light the pure, soft blue of the sapphire
deepens into a violet black; pale azure
sapphires will prove by far more effective
as blue stones. The emerald alsu loses
its vivfdness, while the Cape diamonds
that are of a pale lemon color in daylight
suddenly reveal a latent brilliancy.