The New York herald., 1871-12-19
AIT SALE.

An interesting collection OF curious art work, con.
sisting OF and lnlatd antique furniture, speC
mems OF rare glass and earthen ware, and small
number of excellent cngravlngs after distinguished
artists is at present exhibition az the S0mervlle
Gallery It will we'll repay those who take interest
IN the study OF the art OF the Middle Ages to
visit this collection and examine some OF the
elaborate carving in oak on cabinets and tables,
which displays considerable taste. Although
the examples OF later art are more perfect
and more valuable from the skill displayed
In the execution, the ruder work or The ''Oaken"
period has more interest by the dim associations Of
a remote age which 1t calls up. Seated in one Of
the old sti.backed chairs black with the stains Of
time we can imagine ourselves back with the
Tudors and Pantagenets In the old baronal halls Of
England. This age with Its tournaments and cas-
ties and rude stories Of doughty maiclad knights
and fair damsels. appeals SO much more forciby
ana sympathetically than the later times, when the
elegance of the French Court encouraged the
skilled artists OF France to produce those
WONDERS OF MARQUETRY
which are evidence Of the exquisite refinement OF
che taste OF the rich In the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. But while we can
not help admlrlng the artistic skill DIS
played by the workman in those everlasting
wood paintings, we confess more reverence for the
ruder and more characteristic work OF the earlier
age. Among these o massive old oaken cabinet,
covered with curious grotesque carving, Ii an ex-
celcnt example OF old English art Two oaKen
stools from Hampton Court Palace are also very
interesting. There are numerous other specimens
which we have not space to notice. One OF the
bracket clock, by Carrington Its date is 1876, and
1t Is OrnamenJed with quaint figures. Though II Is
about three hundred years since IT. was made 1t IS
claimed BY the pOssess0rs that 1t still keeps good
time Marquetry work Is well represented In nu-
merous tables, chairs. drawers, beautifully In
FLOWER DESIGNS,
aud, In some instances, with birds and animals.
Nos 70 and Loo especially display remarkable taste
and skilful Workmanship. There are also~0me very
good modern mutations OF antique pottery, adopt
Ing the forms and even the designs OF the old Greek
work. One terra Gotta vase initiated after POm
peian model, deserves special mention, from the
beauty and purity OF the design. Modern house.
hold art IS represented by some excellent ma0iica
ware rom the best English manufactures. In Its
peculiar department 1t Is very good but from
Q purely art point OF view the moderns
part OF the collection which has the highest claim
10 be considered as s'art'-a number OF old engrav
ings bY BartOllozZi, after Cifrlan, Kaufman and
Anscl. or these ss1he Flight Of Helen and Paris"
hy Kaufman, and the four CupidS representing
PtHuence, Merit Hope and Vanity, deserve par
ticular notice. The Cupids drawn with mastery
freedom, and are beautifully engraved. Much taste
Which Illustrate large art perl01. They will re.
main on exhibition at the Somervtle Gallery until
Thursday, when they viii be disposed OF By public
auction