The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25
CORAL ANTIQUES 4 RAGE
JEWELRY LATELY DESPIsE1
q NOW AWAY UP. tta

GOiu Pale PM Italian LOrM A1s4
Favored Old Garnet Sets, Also In Del
mand Once MOre-Used On bracelets
II We had barrels OF garnet sAnd-sss0
jewelry we would have no difficulty in dis
posing oft, said the proprietor Of an antique
shop. "A couple Of months ago we had
two or three barrels OF old coral 'pieces,
some broken and others in perfect oonditiens
stored away because we couldn't sell theEns
Now this is all we have left" . .1 "a.
He pointed to four small pastebeaFd
boxesin a showcase in which was q jumblp
Of pink and. red buttons, brooches ana
broken pendants. .-.. vs.r
when this style of ornament TENT out0k
fashion the majority Of people dispossdTaf
what coral they had for almost O. ~
Now they are paying several times the orig
inal cost to get back heirlooms that belong
to some one else. .--,. ssss
when the Maiden lane and Fifth ayenus
jewellers get orders for antique coral ~
garnet sets they Immediately send word
to US to let them have an assortment. and
when we reply that we haven't a piece W
the house and could sell hundreds ourselves
IL We had them they are surprised. 10. a
They think that our shop must be allied
with just this sort of ornament. 1t doespt
seem to strike them that women como To
US first when they are seizedwith the feyer
Of the antique fad. ....,, 4tt III
-Cingalese coral is worth almost 10
weight in gold at present. Now here 10 .
small brooch. worth $50, and it couidnst
be duplicated anywhere here or in Europe
at that price, unless from some one whQ
was ignorant Of its true value" ... 10y.
He picl ed up a large oval ornament
made Of pinkish red coral leaves and fowers,
fashioned in a spray, each branch mounted
on a stem of fine gold wire, -!
Notice the color and lustre OF this. TIA
Characteristic Of Cingalese coral. No other
coral will. tax u a polish and look 20
delicate. II you put a Piece Of JAP snqse
coral beside it the ~Jaranese Tiece. will look
yellow while the Cingalese will remain clear
and pink in here. .3.,,o ..-s-
"A woman came ip here the other day.tn
find out the value of a brooch like this THAI
she had picked up in the West Indies for
IS. Her husband told her that she had
been badly cheated and the brooch wasn't
coral at all. ., s..,,,- H.
when l offered to pay her SIS for it and
told her that she might easily value, 1t "a
$50 she was the happiest person l have
seen in a long time. Of course .noshinu
would induce her to part with it and now abs
wants to NAL G another trip TO the TROPICS
for more bargains in jewelry., "a -
IF you can get the real pink Cingaieso
coral you can ask almost any price forla
now. Here is a mech lace, for instances
valued at SIS. Each bead, you. will seeS is
cut like a gem, and the long pear Shaped
pendant is exQuisitely carved. ,'s:. 80
There are very few pieces Of this kind
OF coral to be bought since the fad started.
and besides there is a special value attached
TO ornaments that are genuinely old.- Thia
set Of coral is worth $3.50" he went one
bringing out a large fiat jewel case.oon-
tanning an necklace made o.
coral flowers and pendants, a. monstroua
brooch and a pair Of earrings fully two
inches long. t. r,.-..r, =
sBut women are not going to wear these
fearful looking things, are they. even q
the are antique and c~urious1F t~trt
Indeed they are. Wait until the opera
season opens and you will see tham zen
women who can afford to own a dozen or
more sets Of e welry. '""
sThe earrings, Of course, will be passed
by. They will be left out entirelySorae lssF
made into something mors-modeTn A pam
OF them can be used very nicely in the com
struction of a small tiara or two smallet
brooches.
Frequently when the necklace or brooch
is imperfect we use the earrings to supplys
missing parts. Sometimes we leave them
out alto gether and keep them ourselves
10 use in repairing other pieces OF coral
jewelry we have on hand.
TT coral which comes from tafy ~
generally a very pale. pink, someNme9b
almost white, and though 1t has been pop-
ular for some time it is initiated so <
tensively that those who have the genuin&
article do not get the credit for 10. Buv
the day of the pale pink coral fs past, We
bell ave, and the deep rich shade bordering
on a red has arrived. "a. r,t:.s
too. In fact our stock, of which we had
quantities early in the season, Is entifefy
depleted, and from all appearances th6
consignment that is now in the Custom
House will be gone within a few days after,
its delivery here.
despite the fact that g~arnets are beoonsS
Ing to a very few women, all women seem
70 want them, and there are dozens3 OF
calls every day for old fashioned ~necklacsan
These garnet sets look mighty hapdeona.
on women who are rather dark and possesS'
brilliant coloring. "'''
iewelry. One is called Bohemian and,,tae
made generally of fat stones, largAr, al .
rule, than the other kind, which we cali
Indian. The latter is truly Oriental. both
In its richness Of color and in design: ElaSa
1T is in the Indian that yon oftenest sen
those clusters of star shaped pieces stTlIn0b
LORelDeT llLO a bCChldAC. VI VI ". "
when worn on a fair white throat or hri3P
resemble a river OF crimson fire. t- T"Stv
Strings Of cut garnet beads about thoA
size Of peas cost $40. and small n~eciaacsnSf
those in which discs about the size Of "a
dime and a few pendants are used. Will brtn&s
from SIS TO s35. Only last week we pat
together a genuine old set which wsns
out of order and had some Of the .partng
missing and got $500 for it,. .yy. .J.ss
at was beautiful. though. The. deeig&x
was a cluster of three petal shaped piecsNs
each one haS ing in the centre a large peake
shaped garnet cut pave. Mehad to replace
two or three of these smoothly finished.
stone and il took several days 70 match
the garneCs exactly: "I~s
The woman who bought the set, which
cons sted of a necklace. brooch. tiaga, ear.s
rings and bracelets. wore il one night to, q
dinner. She had a gown which her dress
maker told her needed garnets to set "
Of properly, so she came to us and had esr
get this up for her. ''s'' 80 r. At
Some garnet pieces, OF jewelry are ssat-
In sixteen karat gold. some in lesa pure
metal, while many come TO us from Europe-
set in dull silver. The silver looks very
well. especially II IL is old enough tor hars D