The citizens favored bright colors in their jewels: reds, yellows, blues. The drivers at the chariot races wore different colors; spectators bet on the red, the yellow, or the blue, and many a precious stone changed hands according to the speed of the horses and the drivers’ skill. If a lapidary could not secure precious stones large enough, or in quantities to meet the ever increasing demand, he made imitations of colored glass. Although Pliny cried out against the practice of making false gems, the usual purchaser had few tests to show when he was cheated. [Illustration: 1. GREEK EARRINGS, 5TH CENTURY B.C. _Wrought in gold, these ancient loops end in lions’ heads. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)_] [Illustration: 2. CYPRIOTE PENDANT, 8TH CENTURY B.C. _This gold pendant with chains is an excellent example of the simple beauty found in the jewelry of ancient Cyprus. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)_] [Illustration: 3. EARLY 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN BROOCH. (_Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)_] [Illustration: 4. EGYPTIAN BRACELET, 4TH CENTURY B.C. _“Costume jewelry” from the Ptolemaic Period. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)_] [Illustration: 5. ETRUSCAN RING. _This handsome gold ring is set with a banded agate which has been engraved with a satyr and a goat. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)_] [Illustration: 6. 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN RING. _The seal on this silver ring is probably an effigy of one of the popes. The plaques represent St. George and the dragon, and the crest of Pope Clement XII. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)_] [Illustration: 7. CYPRIOTE RING. _Ancient gold worked in a spiral to produce an unusual piece of jewelry. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)_] [Illustration: 8. ROMAN WREATH, 3RD CENTURY B.C. _The expert craftsmanship of Roman metalwork can be seen in this gold wreath of ivy leaves. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)_] [Illustration: 9. INSIDE VIEW OF THE FAMOUS OLD TIFFANY STORE, NEW YORK, 1875.] [Illustration: 10. THE CROWNING OF A QUEEN. _Queen Mary wears four of the magnificent gems cut from the Cullinan, the biggest diamond ever mined. On her bodice, pinned to the ribbon of the Order of the Garter, is the 317-carat Cullinan II with the 530-carat Great Star of Africa below it. These two gems normally are in the State crown and the Scepter respectively. At the base of her diamond collar are the Cullinan IV, a cushion-cut diamond of 64 carats and the Cullinan III, a pearshape-cut diamond of 95 carats._]