Wearers of Strange Jewellery.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXI, Issue 8959, 7 December 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)

Wearers of Strange Jewellery.

* Sir Thomas Lipton b said to be the jiosv «*or of a breast pin which is n I>crfcct mmM of (hi* y.iclu Shamrock 111. Hie tloriS.s on a ica of cmcrnhl. am! bv twirliii'- the pin can be made to move lonvaril and pitch and toss as if actually in the sea. A lawsuit lately re i.irtod from Dresden shou-.i that Sir Thomas I.ipSon's brett-stpin is by lio means im:'|iie in Iroakishntsss. Tlio subject of tile .cat W.IS a lady's bracelet, composed of a chain made up entirely of . tiny gold and ie-.velletl motor cars. The lamps were repr<sente<l bv diamontlc. liehiml which shone sinv electric lights. .More democratic b ii.,l taste of a Mrs Weigein. All this ladv's jcv/eI.H in some way refer to her husband's lmsinc.-.s. that of a railway contractor. A necklace is made like the >!• cper? coral. A briyi'-h i.s fihajied like a turntable, while the sicnal lamjis and for which Iter husband contracts, are inlaid in emerald on a sold bracelet. The i I nnaii CliriiK-.-llor. Count von Hulow. u -ars a litVbuoy breastpin. While stay-fi-r at Heligoland many years he resc;- -d a ([-niibur'i jjcntleman v.ho had fallen ..ff a tugboat by throwing him a lifohnoy.

. a :o'-:v:i of the rescm-il nr'.n pr ,-entcd It's saver with the pin. A mnrv Hons watch lia.s been tindo for a Xancy '.'eiit!c:ran named 'Hie double e--,.. which is a'cfi " I road as a six|i nee. is made of fv-: tar;;- emeralds hol-j-i.ved otit. Inside .-re r, dial and chro-rerm-ter works, a <o:,ip?-i and a fpiide to t'... mnvciM-nts of the fooii and jilanets. *!' -.• watch, in-ludic.'; the two emeralds, c our £c?"A Musical jcv.cl'erv is not liiaiir.ie named Fasdcomo is •.ihl to h ive en his wife a bracelet which 'r.eV.'cd lor: ' ilirc:' difT-'rent tunes. An nrtifiecr i'i <' '' .- i lives v. hollv by invent-

i ■ ; j IV freaV«. his prodnc- , rrr ,_. r -.. . br"a>t]iins. 1.-racelct whicli can I" ui'cln.ipcd only by tvniit'.r tiie ir--v eems in a particular way. and talkii-': ! rr;oe!,e?. Talking l r s ran ly made to flash forth such

r.hnp'e words as "yes." or "no." and are i;i vrcT. di'inand amons voting ladies who :-s;. 'el ofT"r.s of niarri.-";e. A San Fran- •■ -1 gentleman has a jewelled pipe. 'Tho pip ■ i.i made of uicc ri-haiim. covered with a thin .sheet of cn'd. in which are .set pearls. sapphires. and diamonds. The tiara of a lady of the sain:- city represents the inmates of a Noah's ark. Hound the edues are set jewellr-d horses, cows, lions, bears,

-••rp'-nis. and birds. At the back is an ar:ificial oyster, carved out of mother of |varl. represent ins. according to the owner's opinion, the crown nf the animal creation. In l-vip-ic is a lady who po.s----s-'-ses a jieacoek t.rooch. the tail of which set with stoic s colored in exact iinita-

: ; o:i of tint o; a real peacocks. The tail rKit.rds <-r chr-r-.s at the owner's will. \VI en ' l'" Kai.-'-r nainted his famous picten* "f "Ire \ "How I'eril" a Iterlin jewel- ! r put :: o:i the market in the form of a ! r -.ch. the figures bc-inir depicted ill ei-aai-l. Another piece of "topical" jewelI- rv V.I.S issued in St. I'etershtirs shortly af'er th" inve:!t:ier.f of l'ort Arthur. Tt w, a sold brooch on which, set in colored L-c ts. ap|>eared a bi-.r Kussian wresting a ■lao l!.-.e from one of his diminutive ene':**l ia* Killv of Italy inherited from hi*, anc.s'.ors a .set of short studs, each of which i.*, ,wl with a bii' diamond contain\vz a s*;pph : re. Tile diamond completely s"rr-iu:io'.- th,* snpfhire. and where tho is r.o jev.-lh-r has ever lieen able :o di'.-fiver. .bimn; other articles of freak jec.-el! -ry own-d bv the same centleman is a ,-earii'iit »hap'«l like a lishthonse. th" jewelled too of which revolves, and a pair "f ve links coiirainini' watch, compass. .•••I a siriff Ikix. Anions the treasures of t ! .* Caekv.ar of Paroda is a jciir of earr;n;.;. each made of a simile ruby hollowed

'•j:: and ■■or.iriitiin-j a few drops of a pro--1 .Anoth'r Indian jmienta-o in a jr'-.v-llcd breastplate showing ii'> in pre<-iois stones. Thr-e yrirs a-_'o (he Czar Nicholas sent as a gift to l'aris a n:ap of France. with all the d p.-iriments shown in gems obtained in the I'ral mines.