MODERN JEWELLERY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21136, 19 March 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)

MODERN JEWELLERY.

THE MODERN CRAFTSMAN. NEW TREASURES FOR 6LD. I " Modern jewellery is in keeping with the times—simplicity is the aim of the modern craftsman. Anything ornate or ostentatious is ruled out as in bad taste. So fine are modern jewel settings that they are almost invisible. It is the jewel that is of paramount importance and the setting as inconspituous as possible. Jewels, for instance, look as if they were actually fixed on the finger and the links joining" the stones of necklaces are so fine that the stones appear to be just hanging in space! Platinum settings are of such fineness that they can bo worked to a remarkable degree and yet because of this metal's physical properties it is absolutely safe as a setting. There was a time when platinum was too expensive for all but the wealthy, but the price has been falling and it is now cheaper than it has ever been. Some women are bringing out their old jewellery, in many cases made hideous by the heaviness and clumsiness of Victorian settings, and are having the stones reset in modern style. In this way out-of-date jewel cases have become the pleasure and pride of owners at comparatively small cost.