The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-13
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SOME FAMOUS FINDS.

The Wonderful Treasures Unearthed In
Spain, Germany and Russia
Ihe recovery of the Spanish galleon
wrecked off Hispaniola, of which the
bullion was secured by some English
spectators in 1857, has cost later gen.
erations dearly. The duke of Abe
marie, govern of Jamaica, received
$50, 900, the royal share was 100000,
gentlemen who had adventured 9100
took eS,0 900 to $4,000. Innumerable
have been the disastrous enterprises
which this success promoted Within
the last few years we saw a company
formed to recover Napoleon's army
chest, sunk, with the vessel that con-
tanned it, at the battle Abulzir.
Perhaps the most interesting find,
saving those wondrouss tombs in South
Russia, was the treasure of Guar
razar," discovered in 1873. Some peas
ants travelling near Toledo noticed OBJ
jects of gold and jewel work washed
partly out of the ground by heavy
rains. They broke them to pieces and
divided them. Happily, an intelligent
man heard the story in time, bought up
every fragment, pieced them all to-
gether, and fled to Paris, where he sold
the lot to the Musee Cluny. The objects
proved to. be eleven crowns-mostly
''votive" Of Gothic monarchs who ruled
Spain during the seventh century OF
the owner in two cases there is no
doubt at all, for they bear
his name in letters of gold hang
ing by gold chains from the cir
cles, with jewefed pendant from each
letter. One bears the simple inscrip-
ton: "Suinthila," who reigned from
621 to eS1 A. D.; the other: ''Reccesvin-
thus rex offerret" His date was 649-
672 A. D. Two, if not more, are
queens crowns. One, the largest, has
thirty big sapphires and thirty pearls
of great size; below it hangs a cross set
with large sapphires and pearls, which,
again, has jeweled pendants. But we
must not describe infinitely objects
which are, perhaps, better known, to
antiquarians at least, than any pieces
of goldsmiths' work existing.
The treasure of Hiidesheim' also is
priceless. 1t was found by soldiers
a trench for siege practice near
the town of that name in 1860. Wee
not doubt that this glorious trouvaille
was the "camp equippage" of some very
rich traveller. probably Roman general
conjecture has boundless field
for specializing how it could find its
way to Hildesheim, which the Roman
armies never reached. There are stew
pans, pots, pilates, a batterie de cuisine
complete, all of silver, exquisite in form
and in ornament; the legs, SO to call
them, OF table, stands for lamps,
and other things indefinab BILE, all
silver and all lovely; a complete din
ner service, plates, dishes, cups, COB
lets. OF beautiful Greek work, In silver,
with gold wreaths and attachments.
One might say in truth that the gold
smiths art could not go beyond the
grace and richness of these articles
many Of which are ascribed to the first
century A. D.-had not the Russian
finds surpassed them. The Hildesheim
treasure is at Berlin; the Russian at the
palace. That, in truth, is gIo-
rious beyond imagining. OF one piece
NJ. Theirs declared in rapture that a
nation would be justified in making |
war on the car for possession of it. I
This is-the ''Nikopol vase" Volumes
have been written and libraries will be /
written on these marvels. They have
been recovered from tumuli in the
of the ancient Greek col !
onies on the Black sea Chicago Times. /