The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-18
MAKING NEW CoRoNETs.
a Great Furnishing Uo Going on for
King Edwards Coronation.
From the London NALL

/ (FTOm the London AaIl-J
| Peers Of the realm are already prepar-
/ ing for the coronation They are having
! old COronets furnished up or new ones
made.
/ In the workshops Of several West End
/ jewelers. the men are working overtime
They handle nothing but coronets from
| week end to week end
! \ story is told Of one workman Of pro
nouHced sOciaIist5c and democratic tenden-
( CicS. who, in the temporary absence Of his
/ foreman. delivered an address to his col
; leagues on the advantages which he
claimed would follow the abolition Of the
House Of ICrds-and he wore the rim of
/ a weIl-known earIs corCnet while he
spoke.
+ More than one case has come to my
knowledge remarked the mana ger OF Il
famous 5eweIry establishment, where Il
/ peer has lately Tumuaged among the
/ family heirIOoTuS in search of the cCrOnet
and has failed to find it. In several in
stances parts OF the c9roCets have disap-
/ p5s-ed-a gold Stra'- ybeTTy leaf here, a
silver ball there. and 50 on
a young viscount who succeeded to the
title only year or two ago drove up the
/ other day with little Of the family coro-
net left All OF the fourteen silver balls
/ had gone After explaining the situation
! TO me he added hum0TOuSly- I never Sy-S-
peCted the Old man was 50 hard up
Excluding those of the royal family.
there are five different designs Of cOronetS
| the dukes. with eight strawberry
leaves. the marquis with four silver
ba Is and strawberry leaves between the
earIs. with eight silver balls and straw
berry leaves the viSCDuntS. with fourteen
silver balls. and the barons with six.
"Coronets are by no means as expen-
size as people imagine In fact. from an
{ economical point Of view. there is no Tea-
son why those entitled to wear them
should not do so in the SJTeet-aS our
American cousins believe they do. We can
turn out very preseutabIe coronet for
fifteen EuiueaS. ! know an American mil
lGu2!re who pays more Tor MS silk mats
tEFDEEFf. unless ENTT1 member
of the royal family, Is jeEeied- In the
C0TOuet OF duke. q marquis and an earl
. the jewels are represented by differently
shaped pieces of gold while the silver
balls represent pearls Chased as JeweIed'
. is the technical phrase
The manager of the Goldsmiths and Sill
versmiths' Company Informed a represen-
tatjVe OF the Daily MaiI that the new
coronets are being made from the designs
Of those worn at the coronation of Queen
Victoria The King. however. is entitled,
If he wishes. to change the designs, in
which case all the new corone+s would
have to be made over again
HiS-Majesty has not Vet issued any com
Taauds respecting the crown he viii wear
II he desires an entirely new one. it is
understood that il viii be made by q we'll
known firm in the HaymaTHet
From a reliable source. however. our
representative learned that the present in
"jeSty ''reaTTa nged." and that most of
the old stones viii be retained. They num-
Der no fever than 3.Iq} Including 1888
brilliant diamonds and I-s5 rose dia-
IaGHdS
The most famous of its jewels will. no
doubt. continue 20 appear in the British
crown. for It is associated with past Ed
wards This IS the large ruby presented
Edward Prince Of Wales. son of Edward
III called the Black Prince. by the king
Of CASTLE after the battle OF Najera IN
1866 The ruby was worn in the helmet Of
Henry V at the battle Of Agincourt in
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