The New York herald., 1878-10-25
FINE ARTS.
THE LOAN EXHIBITION N-JEwELRY IN THE AN
TIQUE ROOM


THE LOAN EXHIBITION JEwELRY IN THE AN
| TIQUE ROOM.
To the majority OF visitors tho picture gallery at
the Loan Exh bton proves the chief attraction, and
the greatest always to be found there. The
ladies', in addition fnd much 10 admire In the An
tique Room, where thoy futter around hang
| the rods which protect tho jeweiry cases in a
state Of intense admiration There Is, when the gal
| leres we'll filled, always little crowd NJ the
western side OF the room, who a esung,
valuable and curious collection OF antique jewery of
various ages, climes and histories spread out before
| them
Adopting the order in which the articles caia-
ogued nrst notice Mrs. Charles Daly's Damascus
nligree necklace anu earrings; MISS De Foresps old
Coptic ring her curious Nuoan bracelet and interest
ing old silver coin necklace MRS. De Forest sends a
handsome old Greek necklace; Mrs Theodore X.
Gibbs rich and we'll worked gold Smyrna bracelet,
and tasteful Cairens coin set, necklace and ear
| rings handsome. richly chased silver siit SEAL
with snake around 1t in blue enamel belongs TO Mrs
]. w. Drexel. Near this Ia a fine bracelet of old
Roman silver coins OF the republican period set by
| Cssteliani, ana loaned by Mrs Thomas Chase OF
| Havertord College, Pennsylvania. Mrs. N. schioss
sends curious Passover egg cup, date lOss and old
| German goblet In vcrme, with Hebrew inscription
| from the second book OF Moses.
Louis XIV. enamel vinagrette belongs TO Nj. J.
Abner Harper, and interesting collection OF Danish
| and Swedish silver ornaments to Mr.. Richard II.
Hunt Mr.. McKsndree W. Jonee senos four Egyptian
Osrian ngures, one Of wood and tho other throe OF
Mr.. Harpsr's. Some peculiar silver ornaments IRON
Bangaiors ana gold necklace Of antique COINS are
snaelaa., Louis xvi, BY SAE2s, SPs ). woes.y, s.
pesSan sSs0 1885, 11 BY WV Mrs.. d. en- T.
browne. Dr. Palmer's Egy ptan scarabeus is a nne
Mg'ous seal Rat jade carving ~ % ioana su IN az Aztec
TOMB represents the mead Of crying child II is sent
| by Mr. John II. Chadwick A handsomely carved
antique cameo breastpin, the subject being festival
o. tns yoa.h!ui attendants o. Bacchus, belongs TO
| box. with a finely painted IN mature VIII u#
One Of the nandsomes objects IN the is a
fine old Italian Mosn'c alter picture by Claude II
an admirable reproduction, the Mosaicis nuo
tnat unless carefully aud closely examined, 1t would
b. though. 70 be painting on ivory: FIVE superb
belonged 70 ,hs Borgness family. they ar. now
taste The Sss 'nd ,Sns are seas e; sA'i
the two cases is . silver bell BY Benvsnuto
rom IN. % eoeson D, Of Horace II . waiDols a. Straw
berry Alil ana y very handsome free and mastery
quslss ornamensa.oa in hisn resl Of grapes. shells
frogs, lizards, beetles aud snas MrR Osgood SENDS
the % properly Of the Emprs.s josephine. aae little
collection Of objects grouped together belongs 20 Mr.
Meksndree ". Jones' Il consists q tweu.y-ono an.
Roman intaglio ring, two blue Egyptian rings,
ssarAS SIX .ysr coins Greek KUm1n ana
ntagos i've Roman cameos and three stones from Je-
rusaism handsome old Itaiian decoration 81. George
and tue dragon belongs to Mrs. Barlow do ne old
Dresden enameed snuff box and old Italian reli :
quairs Mrs. de Go,couris sends SNUFF box presented
by Napoleon to hts physician and with his minia-
as having been used by the Emperor during tho 100
collection, with the original settings belong 30 Mrs
Of necklace, brooch and ring or old Perslan ,ur.
quotses engraved and gilded, with tasteful sdern
gsullsmap also nne necklace and Gooch, the
former composed ofsxteen ancient scarabi,
ss sso coson ns ''sn sends
key. plated With gold and found tho palace
! A very notable opject is MRS. Barlow's exquisite
little Italian Renaissance silver vase, ofporceIan with
blue enamel, and with rams heads around The
rim. A handsome antique vinagretts loaned by Mrs
Il. j. Moosey, is unique In design ana enameled In
Asiatc bracelet set With amethysis An old m MIA
ture, With a handsome msrcaste setting Of the last
Howiand loans . handsome bracelet formerly owned
by the Duchssse DO BerrL The initials o. the flowers
once, once Inc properly. in tho early par. Of Inc
last century, Of Gertrude Coejsmans, Of Holland Lane
Jr, has sent an old French watch, with miniatures
attached to a chateaine. The port tmonnaie early
specimen Of Limoges, with portraits Of Louis XIV.
and Marie oil Poland, TO whom u once belonged, 10
4 now owned by Mira +. v. Alexander Mrs. Arthur J..
Psabody's handsome lady's wach case, snameIicd by
Boiiley and surrounded with pearls, time Louis XVI
attracts attcntion. curious od swsdish watch II
| sent by MISS HuIda OIsen Mrs. Frederick PRIME
scnds pietra dura heads OF the Emperor Hadran and
OF his wife julia Paula, lound IN tomb In 1886
and now set In pair Of bracelets, and Mrs. G. A.
Coleman pair Of Tuscan earrings, gold ana emc-
raids. Some geld and shagrecn cases belong to Mrs.
N. A. Christensen. tt z" @t.
Mrs Lucius Tucksrman's ring con- tanning portrait
oil Princesse de Lambae, and SGT IN the Venetian
style with sapphires, rubies and cmeralds, very
handsome. memorial jewel, ngcre on porcelain
set with blue euanel and PEARLS and made IN 1870,
belongs 10 Ar. Houfy A. Coll. MrR J. Wooscy
sends q handsome antique chatciaine with q watch
both in bius enafnoi anu pearls and With monogrRms
In diamonds Tnero Is o miniature attached. One oi
Eugish setting which belongs TO Mrs. J. de Forest
Hun. large ring thought 10 be POLISH is unique,
being composed Of twenty different precious stones,
the set being rectangular. IL Is loaned by Mrs.
| Sidney Webster. Wo note an antique gold watch
| sent by Mrs. Charles r. Daily, handsome
Miss Loudon and hrs Carsteusen's gold housewife In
o the celebrated Earl OF Essex Que OF Baron Steu-
ben's watches is loaned by Mas II. u. North. A hne
antique jewell found Ut Pompeii ATTY years ago at
special excavation made by tho government for Com
modore Isaac Hull, is sent by Miss A. II. Sheffield.
| Tnors is rare workmanship in an old Spanish cnain
loaned by Nra X. p Dana. The Interesting coecIlon
OF curious and valuable old watches loaned by Tiffany
| Co mas already been noted. They also send q
chatelains which belonged 10 Mario Antoinstte. y s
Among the articles IN the second edition OF th e
catalogue which wsrS placed In tho Gases after Tho
first one was out, Is curious old watch and seals,
over hundred years old with figures which strike
the hours, sent Uy Mr.. Hoffman; rich, artistic and
peculiar OF Bulgarian ornaments loaned by Mrs.
son, and antique cameo head OF Christ, formerly
| the property OF Pope Gregory XVII, and owned by
ME- J.. p. Norton. G0 # N E1gM st