The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-31 00:00:00

THE SILVER WEDDING PRESENTS

IN BERLIN.

The sliver-wedding presents to the Crown Prince
and Crown Princess of Germany are now (writes a
Correspondent of the Daily News) for a short time on
view in the Museum of Industry at Berlin.
The exhibition comprises only those presents pos-
sessing artistic or highly industrial value. Enter-
ing the hall, the bust of Queen Victoria, by Mr.
Boehm, conspicuous for its fine realistic execution,
attracts the first notice. On the opposite side the
bust fof her daughter, the Crown Princess, by Rein-
hold Begas, of Berlin, crowned with a laurel-wreath,
forms the centre of a splendid group of hot-house
flowers and plants, .Behind the bust of the
Crown Princess is spread the enormous carpet pre-
sented by the Estates of the province of Silesia.
. Before the bust, on two large stands, the presents
wrought of precious metals, the donors of which are
the Emperor, the Empress, and the relations of the
Prince and Princess have found place. The Imperial
parents' present, a tea-set consisting of twelve silver
pieces gilt inside, of highly elaborate workmanship,
after an old Chinese pattern, has been executed in
Berlin. The Crown Prince surprised his consort with
a beautiful tureen, manufactured in England in
1780. Of English make, with 1790 imprinted on
it, is also the sugar-box presented by Lady
Downe ; and of a somewhat newer date the decanter,
by the Marquis of Hertford. The Duke of Cam-
bridge's gift is a golden sugar-box of Queen Charlotte
of England, and Lord and Lady Ampthill's a rococo
writing-case. A large silver-gilt cup, presented by
Prince Alexander; a silver gilt dish, with a view of the
castle of Altenburg engraved on it, the gift of the
Duke and Duchess of Altenbnrg ; and the silver
bouquet presented by the Princess William of Prussia
as Queen of Love during the costume festival, bear wit-
ness of the high standard the precious metal industry
has reached. The gift of the King of Italy is a table
with views of Roman monuments and the Capitolean
she-wolf, beautifully wrought in mosaic. The
country ladies of the ptovince of Brandenburg pre-
sented six very costly seats, and fourteen towns
of the Prussian Monarchy a complete set of dining-
room furniture—everything, of course, of the most
costly description, including a dinner service for 48
guests of the finest porcelain, made in the Royal
Porcelain Manufactory, and painted by Adolf
Menzel, in a humorously quaint as well as highly
artistic manner. A bronze chandelier of enormous
size completes this magnificent present of the fourteen
towns. The Hereditary Prince and Princess of
Meiningen and the Princesses Victoria, Sophie, and
Margaret have presented bronze statuettes executed
after medizeval masters. The officers of the Court
have presented a splendid concert pianoforte by Bosch-
stein, gorgeously decorated with gold, and painted by
Ewald and Hertel. Of the Berlin artists A. von
Werner has presented a painting in water-colours,
"The Baptism of Prince Frederic William (the
Crown Prince)," and E. Horner, the -celebrated land-
scape painter in water-colours, "Jerusalem as seen
from the Crown Prince's residence, when there on a
visit in 1869." Gustav Richter's water-colour painting
represents the triumphal entry of the Emperor, the
Crown Prince, and the German generals after the
French war, and a sketch by Bleibtreu " The Crown
Prince with his staff reconnoitring before Paris, near
the village of Garches, on the 19th January, 1871,"
A number of other presents of an artistic character
are also exhibited.