The sun., 1891-01-28
SIGNoR SPIRIDON's TREASURES.
A Notable Collection OF Paintings. studis
nanginR., and Art Objects.

SIGNOR SPIRTDONS TREASURES.
A Notable Collection or Paintings. studts
nanwinR~, and Art Objects.
There was private Wow on Monday at q4o
Fifth avenue OF tho collection OF tho artist
SiHnor +. de b. Srirdon Of Rome. The sais
will be begun Wednesday aiernc n. and.
~ the painting. and othcr articles OF
art are much richer than ,hosr in tho
Rice collection It ia likely hat collectors will
be considerably Interested Signur Spirl-
don arrived recently from Rome with IFS col.
lection, a lai 80 portion OF which belonged to
his father. who was exprIt for tho musoum Of
the Vatican. Many OF tho things wor" bought
by SiRnor Spirdon from broken.down fnmi-
los of Italy aud Spain and picked up In wan
derinns through thu Inst while much was
purchased at Tho salrs of tn" irincc ncmiiofY.
Fortuny. and Cardinal rnrca galleries SgnoR
Spiridon was born in Rome studied with his
father there. and IN Paris nt tho Academy des
Rcaux Arts aud began ilTing hi- studio with
artistic treas uros somo years ago He had
notion a while ago of coming tr Nav York to
1.-Two, nnd brought many y! hi possessions with
him.
Tho catalogue OF the exhibition contains
some 6O0 numbers. There aro l27 paintings,
chiefly Of tho Italian school; II small lot OF fur
niture Of old French nnd spanish daya y great
uoh Ol hutllNO DTl'-h-nrNC from MI over
rope, some marbles and brun?cs. cnamrls old
porcelain, Venetian ulass. rich church robss
and costumes. and many wonrona uf Turkish.
French Spanish. and u allan make.
IampR and cnndeinbrn and candloRtcks
form ali interesting part OF tho display. There
are two Spanish church lamps. nll OF repous-@
silver work OF tho siXtsenth century some
Eastern incense burners. Roman oil ysssos,
Jewish LAMPS. and many Kilt ani silver candei-
abra OF Louis Nv. Louis NNl., ana empire
styles. Notable among tho pieces OF cabinet
work are n Spanish carved coIer Of seven
teenlh century make. with u very, old lock
aud key: spanish carved desk of tho
seventeenth century n Louis WI elaborate
almost black oak fncish si,icboari ol the
Tudor peroi ,snperbiy carved. III, neet spcc.
imrn. it Is said. In this country Of that rtre old
one OF q. lots OF real historical yalr,e com-
priSes eiIht CHAIRS a"d noa which w"rs
frames. covered with tapestry of a blue !icId
bears tho crown and tn. royal initial NJ
The suite was presented to tho Countess Dol
very Leautiul, object Is a Eornis Martin ,cabi:
decorated with ornolu. There are many other
chairs On o nhtlIne inke and n"Mr them are
scon, es. An "ior"sing b. i church iuini-
,ure is a Louis AN carved gilt !ectern. with
II Yesterday lava rarc old Byzantine cnamclod
cross, On an adjoining PEDESTAL once Owned
BY Prince DeIndor: stood al immonse pewis
flagoh from which. IT. Ii asserted, Charles tho
Great was wont /" drink. Locked III a glass
case WAS hnndsome. high. solid silver cup
side OF which was Ilaced ali rxuuisitrly .slIared
sod ssSr Gaw Fl t.e @ Of o4s
hm"nH Sher 's 'hnss " of h'laor!ea @ vauo ar.
longing, to Cardinal issch. ths incl inc Of NJ
Ioieon l. a musical clock. striking the hour.
nSDS p qnta1 Wood Sna and
iLamed present from one n, iIus H. 70 ssn.r
who was nssassin nated at Cairo by Turks. and
Dnmascene IInde. inscrlbrI fr. IL. Vim il
Besides the old vestments from churches OF
gcous costumes. n lot OF finely worked em-
brideries. ard number OF siGnnd rugs.
there's, few, Chinese cloths and some Louis
XIV S,, ;a brocades . Curious Looking affairs are
tiles. One is a dauphIn,,s Iiae". a small.
low, two wheeled oren yehlc!e Of the Louis ~.
rsod ana anp'hsr Is lite basn o%s ~, ,eIg
~ nrcely large enough for even IL single ridnr;
a third is paanIuIn used IN Portugal in tho
Goth With ss.y st oyis as Ind Se"n long
service. and has a hole il. Its wooden noor al
most hie enough Tor tho occupnnt to drop
The collection is rich in swords, dnggers. pis-
with agate handle. the sheath ~ w'Iirh II in
ros" enamel mel now a ios, nr, tbs very swnll
dagger has q handle of lnd"; anoiHc dnsp"r
crooked blade with noison In every bit Of it'rom
npnt TO "nd az "s'mt maker
thing that Fortuny once owned. The bIoodisst
Wearons.:, ., though "a are tw" l@mrkish @ cnn:tnrs. meters.
eros tus X the lower rnrt "i tie bindo is decor
ated with coral and OTHER -tones. and te rs4tis
years old. and is Inscribed with the name Il
the ruler for whom Il was ks mn1s % lhe handle
inlaid with gold. and tho edge Is a1 "A razor's.
ThIs is consId"Ted q re,narkap,y ne speeinsn
sale. A nuinber OF T"Ied" swor s ar are si.own,
ono with Louis XVI handle In god. and
hnps more ssrvic.abIs An itniian Nv ri d tho
Zine Of ohsrl,s Albert; the hT., r. kinH d,v u l,a
Item, fem SO q the cstaosus Is an ancient nint-
Ssn ssn a Is Turt oR ps% Huws ws n csa
10th are ,as a. 9ay nowd,r
nS. Ss" dnss %ss' IN IN 1sHs, F5sss e sd .
TurKe1. ls :. but but tho 1ondeItuI IVORY deeora,lan
iSs esf esp n s ahn e. nn nnss
toward the face instead OF away from 1t.
One Of the very !ins lots n the collection Of
vases Is . pair OF Savrss make, They ar. green
and gold. and were OWNED by Cardinal racca.
It was he who secured the adoption of n law
Imposing tariff upon tho export rom Itnly of
objects OF art. Another interesting thingisa
email porcelain figure Of q youth carrying8
baske OF flowers. 1t IL splendidly colored and
the proportions and pose are perfect. ysmi-
den, possibly tho middle OF the eighteenth
century.
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