Cleaning jewellery

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 19

Cleaning jewellery

Jewellery with claw settings needs particular and regular attention, and these should be kept free from dust by the frequent use of a fine- camel-hair brush. The plain portions of gold and silver jewels should bo cleaned with jeweller's rouge, and on no account should a coarse, gritty powder be used. Particular care is needed when cleaning pearJs. Real pearls should be treated with salt water in order to-remove the greasy face film. Polishing should bo done with a piece of velvet. Imitation pearls should bo rubbed with thin paper to remove the, grease film, and afterwards polished with velvet. It should be remembered that pearls keep better if frequently worn, as the lustre and colour is quickly lost when kept. stored.

Ivory seems to become so easily discoloured, and washing it does not- help much. In fact, it only seems to make the brown : stain'',worse! The very best way to clean your ivory beads is to mix a little whitening and lemon juice together to the consistency of thick cream, then to rub the beads gently with this, polishing with a chamois leather. This mvthod of cleaning is equally successful With any other ivory .objects you may have, such as brushes, knife handles, or ornaments, -■ and may even be used for the piano ' keys if great pare is taken. ■ ';