St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-06
FAMOUS FINDS.
Money, Jewels and Antique Rel
les of Priceless Value Unearthed.

Money, Jewels and Antique Rel
les ofPriceless Value Unearthed.
London Standard.
The recovery of the Spanish galleon.
wrecked off HiSpaniola, of which the
bullion was secured by some English
SPECTATORS in 1857, has cost later gener-
ations dearly. The Duke of Albemarle,
governor of Jamaica, received 100000,
the royal share was 100000, gentlemen
who had adventured 9100 took $4,000 to
100000. Innumerable have been the
disastrous enterprises which this success
promoted. Within the last few years
we saw company formed TO recover
Napoleon's army chest. sunk with the
vessel that contained it at the battle OF
Abukir
Perhaps the most interesting find,
saving those Wondrous tombS in South
Russia. was the Treasure of Guar
razar," discovered in 1858. Some peas
ants travelling near Toledo noticed OBJ
ects 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, pieceu them all together, ana
fled to Paris, where he sold the lot to
the Musee Cluny. The objects proved
to be eleven crowns-mOstly ''votlve"
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 hanging by gold chains
from the circlet, with jewel pendent
| from each letter. One bearing the SIM
pie inscription, "Suinthila," whoreigned
from 621-631 A. D.; the other, ''Recces-
vinthus rex otferet." His date was 649-
GIL 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 cross set with
large sapphires and pearls, which, again,
| has jeweied pendants. But we must not
| describe miDutely objects which are.
perhaps, better known to antlquarlans,
at least, than any piece Of goldsmiths'
work existing.
The Treasure of Hildesheim" also is
priceless. 1t was found by soldiers Dig
ging a trench for siege practice near the
| town of that name in 1860. We cannot
! doubt that this glorious trouvaille was
! the camp" equipage of some very rich
| traveller, probably Roman general
though conjecture has bOundleSS field
for Specializing how it could find it's way
| to Hlldesheim, which the Roman armies
never reached. There are stewpanS,
pots, plates, batterie de cuisine com.
plete, all of silver, exquisite in form and
in ornament; the legs, so to call them,
of table, stands for lamps. and other
things indefinable. all silver and all
lovely; complete dinner service,
plates, dishes, cups, gobletS 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 find
| surpassed them The Hlldeshelm
treasure is at Berlin. the Russian at the
Winter palace. That, of course, Is
glorious beyond imagining. OF one
piece, Nj. Theirs declared in rapture
that a nation would be justified in max,
ing war on the car for possession of it
This is the "Nikopol Vase" Volumes
have been written and libraries will be
written on these marvels. Therefore
we do not dwell upon them. They have
been recovered from the tumuii in the
neighborhood of the ancient GreeE
colonies on the Black Sea.