The sun., 1895-05-05

more platonic enjoyment OF looking at things Of
beauty. II was the collection OF learned col-
| lcotor OF ceramics, Mr.. Charles Antiq. that was
| on sale. For four days In succession have wares
| of Ncmours, of Houen, Mousticr, Marseilles.
| Strasburg. SceAux. Italian majolicas, and Span
sh-Moorish pottery excited nntiquarics and con-
noisseurs.
Here are . few interesting sales mado OF
Nemours ware: No. /, o small deep dish, the
decoration representing St. John in a landscape
with yellow background. $50 franco; No. 8,
plate ornam entcd in the style OF the Urbinos
In the centre medallion with a landscape con-
talninR two musicians, fretted with an ara
besque pattern, unique pleco In this kind Of
ware. on the back you read, MAY. 1914" $50
francs; No. 3. q water jar, polycromo design
OF children on swans, dolphns and foliage, on
blue ground. representing waves, $50 francs
No. 4, a gourd with blue decoration on yellow
ground, with medallions representing Venus
and Cupid, 1000 francs; No. 10, plate, Love
on q swan. polychromo ornsmentation, $50
francs: No. IL, plato. with Venus and Gu pid In
polychrome, 740 francs; No. IL. q bottle, with
long neck and squat body. decorated with me-
dallions with pastoral scenes, $50 francs; No.
10. gourd with fattened sides. polychromo or
nament Of cupids and birds q manganese
back. $50 francs; No. 1s. a druggists jar deco
rated In flowers and foliage in white on blue
ground, with the inscription "Mythridat." from
the pharmacy OF the Hospice at Moulins. 1850
$500 francs; No. 80, a very large dish, deep
Persian blue ground. decorated with large
40. very large dish, after Tempssta, In blue
and manganese camdteu, boar hunt, 400 francs.
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black. a Buhi design. 1900 francs; No. 7o.
Saas eapd. IN Su. in hs sas centre at the
back, rosettes and lambrequins connected by
,renss ysry large
plate with blue decoration large star in the
ornamentaton and pendants, in blue and red,
red and blue, with large star in the centre
Joined by garlands to the rim. and a lambrequin
ter, in . checker. board pattern, with squares
containing medallions at each end, LOO francs.
Let me mention other numbers from different
>, sinseny: No: a5a; covered "HichSet" decora-
iSn % Of shells Il, and flowers in polyS;hroms With
bathing, /. lsO francs.
Syn Sys dish after era %ss %sssn
with this Inscription: "SFaite Monsters. chez
Clerissy" tonly one plate Of this kind is known
sees' He c sooo Francs. M sne '0f'l' enA'eAu MAR
Marseilles:. A, water tank with cover and
dolphins, and insects in relief, marked "veuve
basin. Louis XIV. pattern, q sea-green ground
with flowers, touched up with gold mounted
In silver. and marked "Veuvo PERRIN" 1850
francs.
Specimens of foreign manufacture were:
From Alcora-A large polychrome dish with
Rrent nosegays OF flowers. frctted like Rouen
ware. 1,Ol0 francs; No. 367. two busts man
and a woman Il! milky white enamel touched
up with black and yellow, $50 francs, Spanish
Moorish-No. 375 large deep dish. with straight
and narrow fretwork. containing the m onogram
of Christ in the middle in Gothic characters.
with metallic shadings lthe dish dates from the
fifteenth century, 1000 francs. Chafiaggiolo
ware-No. 407, round dish with armorials. .
border Of arabesques. flowers. and open books,
on the back the factory mark, 2.050 francs;
No. 4OS, a small deep dish. in the centre
on black ground the bust of per-
son in an Oriental headdress, the border an
Arabic design, 1000 francs From Gubbio-
q small bowl, decorated in metallic colors and
ruby red showing in the centre head of COsmo
do Medici and around pine cones. cherries, and
foliage. 5000 francs. In all the sale brought in
19l. .601 francs
While am speaking OF sales let mo mention
that of Rose PompOn's furniture. Her name, 30
celebrated about 1880. has no great meaning to
our modern ears. The famous beauty and
charming dancer. called Rose Pompon. had be-
come long before very prosacally Nine. BOnza
She retired to Ruell where she died few
months ago and 1t 10 in the pleasant village OF
Bougival, well known to Partisan merry rymakers
In the public auction room that whatever be-
longed to her will be scattered to the four Winds
RAYMOND DAILY.