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London, England, 1851-04-24 00:00:00

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case of fine German silver and English steel; and a
comple pair of pocket-compasses, of fine German silver
and English steel
Hess, Leonard, Geneva. Enamels. A frame, contain-
ing a crawfishmonger; a portrait, after Netscher; a
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frame, containing a young beggar, after Murillo; the
card-player, after Julius David; Jane of Aragon, after
Raphael; the Bride of Lammermoor, after Tony Jo-
Angel, after
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and
Cupid,
after Titian
Hauser, T. de T., Zurich. A chest containing an ox
aoretyrait, bead;
after theV oy Gs u; a
Venusrdia n
hide, tanned for sole leather, weighing 741 b., net Swiss
weight. This hide is tanned with oak tan, and is re-
markable for its compactness and solidity
Hoffman, Basle. Ribbons
Hartmann, L., and Co. Stalks of wheat, prepared into

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straw for plaiting.
Haag, Messrs., Father and son, Berne. Linen
Hubscher, C. Shaffhausen. A bugle trumpet, with cy-
linder valves. A trumpet in C
Huni and Hubert, Zurich. A harpsichord
Hunzeiker, H., Argrovie. Contils, linen and cotton
Hermann, F., Diessenholen, Thurgovie. Carpetstuffs
Hanselmann, J., Thurgovie. A morning jacket of fine
Thurgovio linen
Hugues, D., Geneva. Crutch press, for cutting out and
stamping, &e
Holderogger, C., St. Gall. Curtains embroidered on
mousseline, &c.
Hurlimann, J., Zurich. Cotton
Tinter, A., and Buholzer, Luzern, double tress threads
Hunter, Messrs. Moorgate-street. A magnificent side-
board, made of English walnut, with black marble
slab and mirror. The table is supported on cornu-
copias and dolphins' heads, carved so as to represent
the walnut, the pomegranate, the melon, and other
fruits; and surmounted on each aide with a head, one
representing youth, and the other old age. The table is
of black Galway marble, and is entirely without blemish.
At the back is a mirror, the frame being also of walnut,
and carved with fruit, the vine stem with grapes, and the
hop plant. On one side is a hound, and on the other,
a wild boar, emblematic of the chase; and in the centre
of the back is the head of Bacchus, indicative of full
maturity, surmounted with the palm. The sculptur-
ing of all the three heads is most expressive. The
length of the sideboard is 11 feet 9 inches; height, 8
feet. It is proportioned and well sustained, and is
adapted for a richly furnished baronial hall. It is
accompanied by a cellaret, also of walnut, and carved
to correspond, surmounted at each corner by goats'
heads and horns. At the foot is a rine stem with
grapes and fox's heads, the fox looking up at them.
Besides these were two richly-carved chairs, likewise
of walnut

Harris, Messrs., Birmingham. Three vases, executed
in turquoise, opal, and ruby, of the same character
with those exhibited by the Baccarat manufacturer
in the French Exposition of 1849. The contribution
of the firm includes all the various objects in the
glass trade of an ornamental character, with much of
the useful.

Hetherington, Mr., Cannon-street, Birmingham. A series
of carriage lamps, mostly novel in design, and ono of
them, " the royal lamp," is constructed in the shape
of a crown.

Isler and Otto, Argovie. Articles for ladies' bonnets.
Ith, Schaffhausen. Piece of scarlet cloth. This
cloth was purchased in Silesia, in its natural colour,
and dyed at Schaffhausen.

Ihm, Ferdinand Wittwe, Offenbach, enamelled leather
Iron foundry, G leiwitz, castings
Iron foundry, Neusalz, castings
Iron foundry, Rubeland, cast-iron plattens
Israel, Carl, Erfuit, woollen stockings
Idiers, Anderghem, Adrianople, red spun cotton
Isaacs, Castle-street, Liverpool. An arrangement of his
registered ink bottles, in glass and stone; and an
artist's easel, which is available for many purposes,
together with a case for displaying maps upon rollers
Istance, Richard, Carmarthen. A ventilator

Illingworth, Shipley. An adjustable eccentric tumbler
Inglis and Wakefield, 20, Friday-street, and Queen-
street, Glasgow, 75 feet of counter, 250 feet of wall, 12
feet height

Irish Work Society, Mr. T. Balmer, manager, 233,
Regent street, 20 feet of counter, 60 feet of wall, 6
feet:height
Imprie, P., Bath, circular 100 table, carved from the root
of a larch tree

India Company. Manufacture of Indian iron
Inslee, Joseph A. Lafayette, Indiana. Self-weighing.,
&c., and grain scales
Institute for the Blind, Staunton, U. S. Books, types, &c.
Jones, Brothers, Brussels, carriages
Jorey, Sons, Brussels, skins, musical strings, &c
Jacquot, Brussels, bonnets and shapes
Jansen, Brussels, arms

Jacquet, sen., Brussels, sculpture
Jacquet, jun., Brussels, sculpture
Javaar, Brussels, books
Jouve, Brussels, looms

Jastrebzki, Brussels, pianos
Jameson and Company, Hull. A case containing speci-
cimens of hemp and flax from Russia, and jute from
East India, in the raw and undressed state, as im-
ported, and showing also the several stages of manu-
facture; yarn and cloth from the same, both grey and
bleached, including ships' sail-cloth, produced from
both flax and hemp, in bolt as well as in bulk; wool
sheeting or bagging, sacking, tarpauling, bed sack-
ing, railway waggon-covering, &c., of various quali-
ties, neatly arranged
Jackson, Elizabeth, 47, Eastbank-street, Southport. A
vase of shell flowers. The story of its fabrication is
interesting. She is reported to be a poor woman up-
wards of 40 years of age, and formerly laboured for
years far below ground, in a coal-pit. She had the
misfortune to fall down the shaft, a great depth, and
sustained severe and lasting injury. Subsequently
she married a poor fisherman of Southport, and is the
mother of eleven children, eight of whom are still liv-
ing and around her. Her first attempt to contribute
to the support of the family was, by making little
models of cottages, churches, &c., and adorning
them with sand and shells gummed upon the surface.
With the money thus earned she tried to form shell
flowers, but only in a small way, and with limited
means, and by no means good materials, till one day
her husband camo home after a severe storm, and
mentioned that he had found and left on the beach a
branch of a tree covered with what ho called barnacles
adhering to it. She requested him to bring it home,
as she thought she could make something of it. She
found the shells to be of a kind offering excellent ma-
terial for the construction of flowers. Each pair
(bivalve) consists of two large and two smaller over-
lapping plates, and one long taper proboscis-like fila-
ment of shell. These her husband procures for her
in large quantities; and having cleansed them and
made them beautifully white, this ingenious and
wholly self-taught artist proceeds to construct flowers
from natural models, with a taste and judgment,whieh
under the circumstances, are most extraordinary in a
poor fisherman's wife. A person seeing some speci-
mens of her skill, ordered some more, which were to
be of the most elaborate character, as they were des-
tined for the great Exhibition. She completed them,
and learned, to her great disappointment, when de-
livered and paid for, that the purchaser deemed
them his own, and positively refused to at-
tach her name to them. It was then too
late for her to commence afresh and com-
plete any considerable work within the limited time
remaining; but Mr. B. Fothergill, of Southport, being_r
at Southport, and learning her story, wrote to AL f,
Thomas Bazley, detailing the circumstances, and
through that gentleman's representations to his col-
leagues, the Royal Commissioners, he succeeded in ob-
taining special permission for a piece of this curious
shell-work to be received later. The whole work,
mounted on a stand, and covered with a glass shade, is
about 2 feet 6 inches in height, and will not occupy
a foot square of table space. In a porcelain vase are
grouped together a collection of exotic and other
choice flowers, mingled with wild flowers and the blos-
soms of some of our flowering plants, trees, and hedges.
The foot of the vase is encircled with a simply elegant
wreath of the hedge or briar rose. The stems and leaves
are produced from the makers of artificial flowers in
London; and the artist has also procured thence the
the pigments with which she tints the flowers with so
much delicacy and accuracy as to make them closely
resemble nature
Johnston and Co., Bristol. A new mattress for iron and
lath bedsteads
Johnson and Co., 11, Bow Church-yard, 12 feet of wall
James, Henry, 7, Ferdinand-terrace, St. Pancras, 6 feet
of wall, 3 feet height
Jackson and Graham, 37, Oxford-street, 1,853 feet
of wall
Jackson, Mrs. 10, Curzon-street, May-fair, 9 feet of
counter, 3 feet height
Jones, Brothers, E., 42 and 43, Leman-street Good-
man's- fields, 4 feet of floor,l foot height
Jones, Bergamen, and Co., 29, Brunswick-square, 6 feet
of counter, 36 feet of wall
Jaquemot, J. and M., 36, Old Broad-street, 1 foot of
counter
Jennings, H. C., 79, Leadenball-street, 3 feet of counter,
3 feet of wall, 4 feet height
Jenkins, W., folding pianoforte
James, models of machinery
Jones, a Webh harp, elaborately carved, emblematical
of the Cy mry
Johnstone, Airdrie, an ornamental tablecloth
Jancowski, York, a state chair, a banner-screen, and an
embroidered picture of ''The Contented Family'
Jordon, Thomas, Chelmsford, a newly-invented plough
Johnson, P. Palladium platinum, &c.
Joseph, Burrs Burrs, South Australia. Copper ores
Joseph, Devon. Miscellaneous collections of metalli-
ferous specimens
Johnstone and Jcanes, Bond-street. A sideboard,.g
in
Spanish mahogany, a centre piece (plate) for a dining
table, and a curiously constructed table. The side-
board- is a beautiful specimen of art workmanship. It
is of colossal proportions, and constructed in the taste
of the old Italian furniture. The back is elaborately
carved, the centre ornament being the bust of a Bac-
chante, supported at each end by Bacchanals, and the
intermediate space filled up with appropriate orna-
ments, vine leaves and grapes. A
figure of the
infant I3accbus forms the support at each
end, accompanied by a panther at one end and a lion
at the other, The carving of the whole is in A high