Examples of household taste . e {Top) : Elkington &• Co., Birmingham. not always very plain. Competent judges are of the opinion that the Koh-i-noorhas not been increased in brilliancy to an extent sufficient to make up for theloss in weight by cutting. When this famous diamond was brought to Englandit weighed 186 carats, but it has since been ground down to nearly half thatweight. It is believed that at some remote date this gem weighed within afraction of 800 carats. Had the possessors of this marvelous jewel been 460 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. content with its natural irregularity
Examples of household taste . e {Top) : Elkington &• Co., Birmingham. not always very plain. Competent judges are of the opinion that the Koh-i-noorhas not been increased in brilliancy to an extent sufficient to make up for theloss in weight by cutting. When this famous diamond was brought to Englandit weighed 186 carats, but it has since been ground down to nearly half thatweight. It is believed that at some remote date this gem weighed within afraction of 800 carats. Had the possessors of this marvelous jewel been 460 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. content with its natural irregularity of outline, this enormous sacrifice of weio-htand value to secure regularity and symmetry would not have been made. In some cases, however, diamonds gain largely in worth by cutting, andthis is especially the case with the smaller stones. No one who looked uponthe glittering array of facetted brilliants exhibited by Starr & Marcus, of NewYork, in their Court at the Centennial, could regret the cutting and polishino-. Fretich Pottery: French Court. processes that resulted in the production of these superb jewels. In the examplesof Diamond Jewelry from the exhibit made by this firm, which we illustrate onpage 456, no one can be blind to the beauty of the royal stone, transfiguredby the cunning art of the lapidary into the most sparkling brilliant. Among the many and important works of art metal-work exhibited by theMessrs. Elkington & Co., of Birmingham, at the Centennial Exhibition, theSilver Fairy Table, illustrated on page 458, held a prominent place, both onaccount of its beautiful design and exquisite workmanship. The general form INDUSTRIAL ART 461
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