The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-21 00:00:00

THE POULSZKY CARVED GEMS.

This most interesting collection, consisting prin-
cipally of antique gems, Is now, through the honourable
liberality of the owner, accessible to the public in a room
appropriated for the purpose of their exhibition in the esta-
blishment of Messrs. Howell and James, Regent street. A
few of these beautiful gems were in the Manchester Exhibi-
tion, but the whole are now arranged and catalogued with
commendable care. The *enaction consists of many rare and
exquisite specimen, of glyptio art, both cameos and lutaglioe,
forming altogether a complete historical series, in which the
progress of the art may be traced Irma the remotest antiquity
to the present day. Here are Rabylonish and Marisa
gems and amulets, ancient but dateless Indian ornaments,
Persian cylinders, Egyptian and the rarer El rowan scarabei,
the choicest Greek and Roman gems, with incised and
raised workmanship; early Christian amulets—such, for
example, as the fish, the ancient emblem of the Saviour-.-
and the beautiful productions of the Italian artists for several
canaries.

The nucleus of the present collection was famialted by
that formed during the lest century by Count Wks,. The
principal atones of this collection coming into the posseession
of M. Gabriel Fegeware, they were considerably increased
&min • long life-time, and the coined= finally augmented
to its present importance by the owner, Francis Poninky,
Esq. Many of the gems are from the celebrated collections
of Leonardo Agostino, Cautery de la Chanme, Richter, Lord
Bristol, Bishop of Devon; Baron &mime, Sir B. Daring,
Mr. Webb, Rt. And many of them have been published in
the works of Leonardo Agoetino, Vico Cannini, Wincleman,
Visconti, Rain, hc.
The following are offered merely ea specimens An ame-
thyst statuette of Minerva, 6 io. in height ; a front face of
Jupiter Seraphs, of the highest sculpturesque Greek idea,
beauty; a bort, rondo bass, of the Empress Plotfaat
the face of plasma, the head and hair of yellow
jasper, an extremely rare gem ; a fine cameo of
Alexander the Greet on the obverse, with the bust of Her
on the reveres—a gem not only interesting on aocount
of subject and workmanship, bat also from the peculiarly
choke and beautiful onyx on which it is carved. In the case of
intaglios there are many Trainee and some unique curiosities,
The heed of a Muse by Dioacorides ts very lovely, end cost
Coast Wiesay 800 gold ducats—about 3.501. Another head
. .

of a Muss is a fine ;prolamin of Greek art, and when in the
ponied= of the Bishop of Devon was constantly worn as a
ring. A head of Augustus (No. 136) has considerable re-
semblance to Napoleon 1., who prided himself upon being
like the Roman emperor—the famous 6 franc pieces were
made after the model of the Augustan odes; a lased of
Ariadne, found in Sicily, and presented by the municipality
of Palermo to the Austrian general, Count Salle. We may
call attention to the case In which these intaglios are ex-
hibited on account of its admirable and novel arrangement.
The cue is placed spinal the light, and the gems ars la
stogie rows upon gold Dilates, the n (kenos freer
which passing through the mini- transparent skims
gives a mast emprishar abet; it is also made
to amid ad linseed, as as In piece the intaglios at
tie most sensemlina Mitoses ihr azesalastian. 'The simpli-
city el the ametrection is each that It may be applied to any
room wiliest the Writ difficulty, yet we are not aware that
say_semeent la the world Me thli arrangement.
The ease of mows mistake many excellent works, peril-
calmly Deditina awl Domitinaaos beet of !Ade, a head of
peril-
. °slink, gated" imam apassiag poor, and
• prima aI DIMIII6O-11 mom bait by more the one
dooglOor of Ito Piolosioo owl gloom to a 0.0. tel lotion—the
ondollotioa of Berenice 's Hair. The collection numbers
NM Se pm, and is vetoed at 10,0001.
ad Devonshire row Teak as tie Sort
tobsolimo ; batwememir.Meesertaiobow
it ownotitoi wo midis owl boor sodiliog of the vary
choke_ oollootiow of owitovoi goer width Sod to he
Lord Oselids 1796. awls ef which are ted the
British Moons. The Meyer adhesion, contains
seine very the gem, our readers are awes*, will shortly
cons under the bararsar of Mn... Sotheby la Wilkinson.

BRONZE OP " THZ FATES" IN TUE ELGIN
MAIIILLS.--A brows, d'art redeced apes obe ingenious
principkt of M. C.llaa, from Clieiner's edistrable remora, toe
of Mahe Fates" In the Elgin m Thies, British Hamm,
has just been published. There Is something French,
blended with the Greek ideal of the beds, as restored by
Clesinger, but they carry oat the sentiment a the agora
with great artistic feeling. This important bream tepee-
, duction may be teen In tlui collection of Mesers. Jerboas
and Graham, Oakedmtreee.