The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-10
HISTORY OF JEWELRY.
Necklaces, Bracelets and Rings of
the Ancients.
London Telegraph.

London Telegraph.
MI. cyril Davenport is an authority
On JeWelry, ancient and modern, and wo-
men are turning with interest to sari,,
OF lectures which he is delivering. und 7
the auspices of the Society of Arts or
Personal Jewei.y from Prehistoric
INES. Necklaces are probably the ear
nest form of decora ion. Primitive men
dwelling by preference near the seashore
may easily have found material for neck.
races ready to his hand. Shells such as
Empets are continually found with their
crests worn off, at once becoming rim :
ilhe heads This gave the idea OF pierre
ing SOFT objects which were strung up IN
animal sinew or vegetable fiber.
Inc transmission is natural from sim
pie easily pierced berries seeds or eggs.
10 harder nuts teeth or claws, to the
AMBITIOUS shaping and working of ma
teriais and stones, To the adoption OF
amber, bone, ivory, and, finally glass
and precious stones, and. as know led ge
OF metal working grew, to gold. silver,
copper and bronze. Tongues twisted as
their name implies, were a form OF neck
lace, a very important and beautiful one,
In favor with both Asiatic and north Eu-
ropean races.
There were such endless variety, the
lecturer confessed, IN the ARRANGEMENT
of necklaces, from the simple Indian I-rw
of pearls and emeralds to the loopt~A-,in
tasseled queens necklace" that any at
tempt al classification would be futile
ISSS ptldH iltthIdtcS OF DeduS OF glass ana
glazed and nodded clay were diStin-
guished by most skillfulIy worked pat
terms. The Egyptians also made beauti-
ful plated chains of gold. in the pat
tern known as trichinopoly. but it is
probable that the Greek and EtrusCan
gold work of the third and eight centu-
ries b. c. is the most beautiful ever
made. The use of Jewels in such orna-
ments is sparing, but the gold work Is
remarkable for the beauty OF its design
hn ttY11tf u to eli 80 he III
manship and soldering.
Something G. some attaches to the
earlier forms .: bracelets. Few savage
tribes but appear to have worn, in one
form or another, these primitive orna-
ments. In many cases they were in re-
alty weapons of war. or were worn as
talismans. In New Guinea and the neigh
boring islands they were comosed of hui
man jaw bones. Those made of teeth or
claws were supposed to bring luck in the
chase. Some savages of the Congo carry
on their arms heavy iron bracelets. which
they use projectles and thus Mr..
Davenport traces the wearing of bands
around the wrists from the rough prim-
Tive form to the magnificent workman
ship of the Greeks, Romans. Egyptians
and of the present day Metal appears
TO have been used from the first; the set
ting of p:ecioIs stones IN metal work ap
parently belonging to the Romans. as
does also the engraving of gems
The di2dem or Circlet for the head was
always accorded a wider significance
than the wearing of bracelets or neck
Iaces. From very early times it has
been largely reserved as a mark of dig
nifty. and today we have the modern form
with intensified significance in the crowns
of sovereignty. This latter use, however.
originated in the east. and was adopted
in the form of a soft fillet or band by
the Great.
To the increased interest of his lecture
Mr.. Davenport described ancient diadems
discovered at Troy and at Cycenae. hllets
worn by Roman emperors, Etruscan
wreaths of gold. Byzantine circlets and
crowns. and lastly. crowns of Britain.
He claims for the Scottish crown, now
in Edinburgh Castle, that it is the most
beautiful diadsm belonging to the Eng
lish regaIia. 1t is probable that the pat
tern is that Of Bruce's crown Speaking
of the imperial crown to be worn by
King Edward on the occasion of his cor
onation, the lecturer mentioned many in
teresting facts regarding il not generally
known. 1t was made for Queen Victoria
In 1895 by Rundel q Bridge. Besides four
rubies. eleven emeralds. sixteen sapphires,
277 pearls and 2,783 diamonds, it contains
the famous ruby given to Edward. the
Black Prince. by Don Pedro. King OF
CASTLE. a sapphire from the ring of Ed
ward the ConfessOr, and another also
Of great size, given to George Ill, by
Cardinal York, from the crown OF Charles