New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-01

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To the general reader the most interesting objects OF
this collection will naturally DO the most ancient
which the English class as GrecoScythic Or these,
nineteen dress ornaments OF gold or eectrum made
in small round, thin plates and pierced with holes In
order that they might be sewed to the garments OF their
wearers. These are both respoussE and stamped with
dies precisely In the manner In which ancient COINS
struck The designs OF these articles are generally
familiar to students OF Greek art such as girl dancing
sphinx, the head OF Medusa, four winged figure or
Pegasus etc. But unusual. There Is one with
winged boar in high respouss<; there Is another OF
scythian horseback; another with a head OF Paas
Athene joined TO lions head. These are Greek In
treatment, although not In subject There others Of
stag sleeping OF the head OF serpent OF cow lying
down, OF goat lying down, and lon which arc said
not to be Greek in design though clearly Greek in cIecu
ton.
The twentycne large objects will be viewed when they
arrive In October next with much interest. One is
mask Of pure god taken off tho face OF skeleton in one
OF the tombs at Kertch and another Ia helmet OF mas
ave gold nearly eggshape, aud therefore not classic
But It's decoration, though evidently done by barbaric
seven inches high and inches in diameter very
interesting object is Greek cup Of the form known as
On this heads OF Soythans bearded and menacing,
wearing the pointed cap OF the nation There are several
coverings of scabbards ana OF bow cases and these nave
evidently been made expressly by Greeks for the purpose
OF sale or presentation to foreigners The bow cases
show that the weapon the Tartar bow
and his IL IL asserted when taken into confederation
with the pointed caps would lead 70 the beef that these
Scythians who have so puzz ed ethn0lOgl5s ana MS
torans, were simply Tartars.
Most OF the remaining objects are evidently manlfac-
tured by tho Greeks for the Black Sea trade but there
two exceptions-one "a OF electruIn, debased
form OF gold, the other torque OF gold The latter
twisted ring for the neck open at both ends each nh
ing In pcar-shaped ball. The Ia In the form OF
lotus flower five inches high. There gadroOns in
epoussf forming round the body Of the vase. and
below these Is a band which are figured Scythian
scenes and groups. This use OF clectrum Is little
singular among barbarans and II may be presumed that
II was one OF tho OF Grecian commerce III early
times II is singular Circumstance that the tombs at
Chriqui In Panama filled with ornaments OF SIM
liar debased gold.
Passing he arms and armOr, OF which only some few
copies have been ordered tne great bulk OF tho c0eo
ton consists Of gold and siversmiths work There are
specimens from most European nations To tho num0er
OF 1913. OF these So Russian aud Polish, % are
German, chiefly from Augsburg Nuremberg and Dant
Zc and 25 English one Of the last Ia AN enormous
cstern for wnc manufactured for the barbarc orgies OF
The White Cars in early times IL Is three feet and
half in height and five feet and hall In length ana
weighs 5000 ounces II IL an oval vase supported Dy
four and the handles nude halfngures or
reference tho vine, and to Baccbic forms The
greater OF the work cast and then applied The
reproduction Of this cost $1,000 To the n1nuf3c
turers. Tho gem the collection. however, is coyered
from Nuremberg Of the eenth century whlcn 10
chalicc SHAPED, the lip cuspoI IN six lObcs; tle bowl
then contracts greatly tnrn spreads out again In
naened sphere to tue upper part or tie stem The loot
tretOil shaped.