The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-18

Ilessrs. Cummins q Woods-A
Hall Hour Among Curious Pot.
lery Of Modern and Antique
Patterns.
The holidays are drawing on apace
the shop windows are filed with attrac.
i've displays Of goods In endless variety
and profusion. The streets are thronRed
with old and young, dressed in gay At.
tire, who avail themselves Of these Rlori.
GUS days, walls Of the spring time, to
least their eyes upon the gorgeous PIANO.
rama whose ever changing views are
q study that never WeRries. To rich and
poor alike It IL o source Of infinite de.
light, one that leaves happy memories Of
the merry ChriStmas times. Among the
many that are beautifully displayed none
attract more attention than the spacious
show windows Of Messra. Cumnins 4
Woods, No. ll42 Main street. indeed
one cannot resist the temptation 10 70 In
and least the eye upon the more elaborate
display Of elegant wares artistically ar.
ranged on shelves and tables.
Here are beautiful tea stands made Of
what is known as MINToN TIE. They
are Of English manufacture and are or.
namented with studies from Shakespeare
and other beautiful and chaste designs
from nature and art.
There are BEeuE figures or ornament.
ed China statues, exceedingly pretty for
mantel ornaments. See these specimens
Of genuine VENETIAN glass Of such q
commingling Of colors as cannot DO de-
scribed. They are direct importations
and still have the makers stamp on them,
the Lion Of st. Mark.
A decidedly attractive feature Ia the
fine display Of ESGLIsH TOILET SETS
highly ornamental with rare specimens
OF ancient Roman StatuRry. Look at these
small tumblers made Of what Is called
1RREDIscENT glass. In the shadow they
have simply the appearance Of fine spec
linens Of hiut glass, but hold them up 10
the light and they are radiant with the
Colors Of the rainbow, perhaps We should
say that they are more like the beautiful
aniline colors which we see in kerosene,
This glass is manufactured only In Eng.
land and the process Is profound secret
and one which the glasa makers in this
country have rs yet in vain attempted to
evolve from experiment. Alessrs. Hobbs,
Brockunier 4 ca. have sometimes OBJ.
tanned specimens Of this glass in their
works by accident, but have not been able
10 determine the conditions under which
1t happened.
Here are PARTISAN VASES Of exquisite
beauty, imported directly from France,
indeed they were selected by MIR. Woods
personally, and he sells them cheaper
than they can be bought from the New
York lmporters.
You will not fail to be attracted to a
closer observation OF the lovely Statuary
wrought from PARIAN MARBLE, when
you have admired that matchleSs work OF
the Sculptor, the Venus Of Milo, for the
Loaf arms Of which millions OF money will
reward the discoverer.
Among the table ware are fine speci-
mems Of FAIENcE dishes made in the
quaintest styles incident to the centuries
when the Feudal Lords entertained with
that magnificeuce which only remains 10
US in poetry.
There are Vases, Wall Pockets and
StatuarY made Of real BRoNzG; also an
extensive line Of ornamental goods Of
MAJoLICA, a beautiful assortment.
Here is another fine display Of mantle
ornaments made Of FRENCH GLASS, brill.
liant with fre-gilt trimmings. Close BY
is beautiful set OF DECORATED FRuIT
PLATES with COMFORTS to match! these
are in all varieties Of color.
Such display Of COLOGNE SETS 10 sell.
dom seen in one collection, and they
range ia price from twenty-five cents up
to twenty Eve dollars.
Here are specimens Of very peculiar,
old fashioned ware called GLEN, highly
decorated with rich colors in bright en-.
amel. Contrasted with these is the mod.
est, chaste beauty Of FRENCH CHINA
SETS in plain white andgOld band. Nest.
ling among these are the loveliest TETE-
A-TLTE Sets, by MintOn, some of them
ornamented In Japanese style, others in
the style Of good Queen AIMS time.
These bring us to the 95.cENr table,
which il LOADED with general assortment
OF goods which are very pretty and GER
iainly very cheap.
Passing along we come to most at
tractive display Of real JAPANESE ware,
cups, saucers and plates, and we linger
long in admiration Of their rare and d.
verMfed curiousness.
Look at these PARIsTAN glass goblets;
in their thinness almost Ms filmy as a
bubble, and yet Of such exquisite temper
that they ring with the clear, sweet tones
OF the finest silver BELLS
From u large assortment Of SMOKERS
SETS OF elegant diversity in patterns and
color, the only difficulty ls to choose the
rrettiest.
These goods which we have enumer.
ated are all imported, many OF them d.
rectly by Messrs. Cummins < Woods, and,
considering the quality, are being sold ut
remarkably low figures.
Besides these the firm have n yery
large and we'll selected stock OF Queens.
ware and Glassware; among the latter we
have never seen anything prettier than
their numeroussamples Of FROSTED ware
OF varied and elegant patterns.
OF LAMPS there Is an almost endless
variety OF hanging, bracket and chande.
lier lamps, many Of them in patterns OF
exquisite beauty.
In the holiday display of their wares,
Messrs. Cummins & Woods have exhibited
superior skill and highly artistic ap.
probation oil contrasts, and there is no
place where a half hour will pass more
pleasantly than among their tables Of
rare and curious pottery,
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