The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-17

70 that Parsonage that he could not leave
the country.
That il why the dingy auction room in
lWenty-eighth street IS now converted
into fairy land Of OF beautiful paintings,
rugs, tapestries. and blue CHINA display
that In its magnihcence and value has
never been equalled In this city The col
lections Of medals and decorations alone
IS worth fortune. the miniatures framed
IN gold cannot be duplicated and the china
Is priceless. Then there are shields and
swords. cut glass and china, and paintings
from the brush Of almost every artist OF
note.
Perhaps one OF the rarest Of the paint
inss is Venus, copied from Tltan's IA
nous picture by Ambrozina Jerome Sew
ehty-i0ur years ago a London banker. who
had offered an almost fabulous price for
the original Titan Venus was refused,
ana commissioned Jerome, the greatest
hFlns copyist 40 that time, 70 execute an
exact reproduction Of the painting.
Jerome spent months al the Upnze gall
lefy' tn Florence and produced the paints
iih ut present on exhibition at the Krei-
ser auction rooms. The banker paid LOO
pounds Tor % az the time. which was con-
eiltred "a large price. After the banker'a
dealh the picture passed into the hands
OF collector for the Galetzine family.
WheIe lt has remained until now, and has
always been regarded as a treasure OF
wonderful beauty and value.
me Galetzine collection Includes many
CABINETS OF fine china. mosalcs and carved
ivory figures. There are dainty. little Bo-
hemian glass vases worth small fortunes
M themselves, and Dresden and Limoges
plates boxed IN satin and tinted In the
richest ana rarest cOlors The blue china
collection consists OF numerous vases.
dishes and platters. colored by noted ar
usts In that especial line signed with
such names as Cornelius Berg, Adrian Py-
llaSAer' Jacoous Halder John Knotter
ana others equally famous.
There Is one centre cabinet niece with
cover and side pieces to match, by David
Narh that rs treasure 10 make a con-
nolsseur eyes water, and there are two
huted platters. decorated In Vatican ng-
ures. by Won Kesselt. and dated 1895.
handsomely patterned china bouquet
holuer Is by Won Hoorn. and there IS a
vase ana cover IN Louis XIV. style by Adj
ran Pymacker, dated 1886 and an antique
loving cup, sixteenth century sang de
poeut parrot, and numerous cows and
other animals represented In china.
Inc collection Of swords is a most WON
uerIui one, and together with the shields
they form most valuable portion OF the
collection. They include a Russian court
sword. with engraved blade and mother OF
pearl handle, which has the Russian coat
on arms engraved on the guard In gilt
There is a Napoleon court sword in gilt.
eus,aVed ana with a signed blade and
mother OF pearl handle.
Another Napoleon court rapler is hand
somely decorated In gilt. and was worn bv
me hrst Napoleon's minister OF war A
thlrd Napoleon court sword OF the same
style was worn by tho first NapoIeon's
minister Of agriculture.
Some of the daintiest OF the pictures are
q pastel OF Duchess OF Granville Q,ouis
AN(, "a Boucher landscape and some ex-
quislte paintings by Dupont. There are
etchings on ivory and on china and hand
some water colors. all finely framed The
furniture includes several old clocks.
furniture OF the Italian Renaissance and
GUT and satin brocade chairs and couches.
The rugs are many and include almost
every known variety.