The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-22

Gus among the antiques is an engraved
diamond 1t is portrait of William H.,
late king of Holland, engraved by the
late De Vrees, of Amsterdam. An en-
tirely new creation is in a brooch in the
form of a miniature reproduction Of an
empire bonnet. The bonnet is richly set
with diamonds; the trimmings. bows and
feathers are stimulated in precious stones
of various colors. In North Carolina is
found rock crystal of great clearness,
and il is found TO be most useful in the man
ufacturing of mirrors. A pieCeOf this crys-
tai has been converted into the face OF
hand-mirror, which has been placed in a
frame of rich sea-green gold. Studded in
the back of the frame are seven different
colored scarabeis, the lucky stone of
Egypt. The handle is composed of silver
cobra, inlaid with gold, the upper part
producing charming color effect as it
rests on the green gold of the frame.
Another interesting American stone has
been used in o smelling bottle The de
vice is a honeysuckle vine covered with
bees testing the sweetness OF the blossom
The agate Of which the bottle is made is
found in the Yellowstone Park. The top
is formed of yellow sapphire and deman-
toids set in agate
There isin the Liberal Arts building, the
most wonderful display of unmounted
precious stones. 1t shows every stone
from its crude original state TO the per-
feet state in which it came from the
hands of experienced 'lapidaries. There
are in this case rubies of pigeon-blood red
found in Ceylon, in which country is
found the most matchless Of these gems.
Transparent blue beryls are shown from
the mountains of Ireland, and ViOlet-pink
amethysts from the same country. There
are turquoises in the matrix from Persia !;
unusual green garnets and emeralds from
near Takowala, Ural mountains, in
Asiatic Russia. Wine yellow, sherry col
ored, hyacinth, blue, green, white and
pink topazes make lovely massing of
color, and these stones are from every
quarter of the civilized and uncivilized
world
The many cases in the French section
containing spurious gems are vastly
more attractive than the contents of the
one large case in which has been ar
ranged the collection of genuine jewels.
One necklace of sapphires, however,
equals if it does not surpass any cut sap
phires shown at the exposition. Our ar
tisans can learn little from the French in
either the designs of settings, or in the
execution of stone cutting There is a
constant demand made by the ignorant
visitors at the fair for the crown jewels
of France The fact that France is re-
public seems to be forgotten by them. 1t
would be quite as reasonable to ask for
the crown Jewels of America.
The Russian exhibit of the goldsmith's
arts is a little disappointing. 1t is less al
Turing than many had expected it would
be. In fact, there is no display of precious
stones, but most uninteresting massing
of lapis lazuli, nephrite rhodOnite, jasper,
porphyry, malachite and tiger-eye
stones set in gold. There are writing
desk sets, toilet articles Of all kinds,
cigarette cases. clocks, ornamental pieces
and cups and saucers; many are studded
with designs in rose diamonds. The most
exquisitely lovely example of work from
the hand of a lapidary is exposed in Rus
STA. 1t is an imperial possession. A
beautiful boat-shaped dish of large di-
mansions has been carved out of price
less piece of Russian jade. The color of
the Jade is perfect, the design faultless
and the carving of the stone, which is the
most difficult of all stones to carve, evin-
ces master workmanship.
RUSSIA RICH IN MINERALS.
Russia is famous for the minerals found
in her mountains. Lapis lazuli is found
in the granite of the Altai mountains in
Siberia. The ultramarine pigment is
made from it and is the source of almost
in COLOR reddish pink Jasper and mala-
chite are also found there in abundance.
All these stones have been converted into
tables, mantels and vases. Those of NAL
achite and lapis lazui are especially bad ;
their notes of color are too strong; they
quarrel with everything. Even if the
color of such stones did happen to harmo-
nize with the furnishings of a room, there
is no possible excuse for their use. They
are rigid, chilling and all in all the most
hideous useful, or supposedly useful, piece
of furniture ever constructed.
The finest canoes at the Columbian ex-
position are in the italian and English
divisions The most interesting is one in
old Wedgwood of George Washington. 1t
is over a century old, and of exquisite
workmanship. In the same collection are
a number of lovely examples of sculptured
or cameo glass. One piece represents
female figures in various attitudes
nymphs flying from Cupid's darts, and
vanishing apparitiOnS floating into fieecy
white clouds The canoes of Italy are on
shell, with the white objects in relief on
a background resembling the dark red of
the sardonYx. Others have been cut
from the dainty pink shells. The carving
of coral by the Italians is very pretty.
The showing of precious stones and
work in gold IN the German section does
not in any way equal their work in silver
it lacks buoyancY Its handicraftsmen
produce only massive effects in the larger
articles, and in the smaller objects, with
the exception of their gold wire work, are
wanting in originality and style of COM
position.