The morning times., 1896-04-26
MENAGERIE In GEMS.
Wonderful Collection of Beasts and
Birds in Jewels.

An unique collection of jewels is that
owned by u wel-Known society woman
Mrs. isaac Lawrence.
IL Is menagorIe of beasts and birds
ana reptiles that Is almost eQuai 10 a Bar
mum show.
from the accompanying illustration one
| can FORM an idea or the variety or the col
| ieetlon, which includes the wlsest OF owls
an lhcruSted with diamonds, with moon
| stone eyes-perched upon q diamond cres-
cent; parrot sparkling with rubies, emer-
| AIDS, diamonds and sapphires; a wee topaz
ehlckcn, gazing with awe upon a SILVER
ana gold lined egg Shell; a diamond and
emerald duck, which does duty is brooch;
another wise diamond owl is perched uDon
an amethyst crescent, with a diamond rat
| in attendance
In making this collection which nurs bers
nearly flfty pieces, there are no dupIicates
although several pieces are somewhat SIM
| liar.
A spider, bee, butterfly and a WASH
| SparSlngly iridescent emeralds and san
| pnires and topaz, adorD the neck of beauty
| as lace pins.
one swallow may not make summer. but
Alright OF swallows assured yInakesa a gift -
! an Easter gift in this CaSe-of no small
value ana beauty, when made of the most
| glitteriDg brilliantS And not alone is
Ill.
IL is exceedingly useful Each swallow
there are five-Can be separated and worn
either as brooch or as an ornament for
! the hair.
1t is a most proper thing just now 10
| adorn the coiffure with diamonds. and an
eminently becoming fashion
A fanciful little pin is the robin red
| breast upon branch of leaves and ber-
| ries; the robin has teweled wings, with
which tO Il
! breast is enameled in irdescent red.
An odd conceit is Il white rabbit, his
! body all pearls, his pink eyes are OF the
| balas ruby, and his long, long ears they
! too, are pearls, with a suggestion of pink
| about their tips. The pink Of the balas
| ruby, which, by the way, belongs 10 the
| spincl class.
Said little rabbit, perched upon his hind
| legs upon gold bar, is gazing upon a butter
fly all glistening with yellow and purple,
| with golden heTyls and amethysts
very, very fierce, indeed, Is the dra gon
| breathing fire and all other terrible things
| III high state of glisten and glitter, from
| the tip of his tail 10 the end of his fierce
nose; that he is solid mass of semi-Drecious
stones must, Of course, he source of great
satisfaction TO himself, as well as his mis-
tress- Aqua marines, topaz, garnets and
a variety OF other gems it took TO make
thisdragon lace pin.
The most pretentious ornament of the
collection, next to the flight OF swallows,
Is butterfly OF goodly proportions, which
may be Worn upon the -cursage or as an
| ornament for the coiffure.
The number of those useful little orna-
| ments, stick pins, is large Only few
| are shown in the accompanying picture.
hound in full cry; Polar bear, pug
nacious bull; a partridge: q Thanksgiving
| turkey, all done to turn in rubies and EN-.
| erads and brilliants are among the number
of stick pins which we do not see in the
picture.
For beauty's sake, one of the choice
! pieces OF the collection is a brooch of
pearls and moonstones, the moonstone
| heart with its circet of pearls supported
/ on either side by swallow with outSpread
wings-all of pearls and moonStones-tlIe
/ lucky stone, as mOonstones are called
| Time fails in Which to mention other
| oddities OF this odd collection: the emer
| aid frog, with cold. mooDstone eyes: the
ruby monkey and beryl cat and the dia.
mond duck with turquoise bill
Nor do the jewels comprise all that
| are owned by Mrs. Lawrence; this col.
| lection is a fad. and more for amuse
! ment than for use or. ornament. or lovely
. Jewels. diamond sunbHrsts and stars and
rings and watches and crescents she has a
vast number and they are all yerv. very
beautiful. T. L.