The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-21

est quarters. can hope to tread. Few
people have therefore ever seen them,
, although in many respects they sur
PASS the wonders of the British muse
UNI. Their aggregated value in money
could not be computed; the sum total
would amount to a figure so stipend
Gus as to be almost beyond belief. If
the present plan is adhered TO. they
Will be arranged in some of the less
private apartments of the castle, where
the public may view them under suit
able restrictions.
These treasures have given Victoria
more pleasure, perhaps. than any of
her other royal possessions, and her
jealous care OF them has been the
great stumbling block as far as the
public is concerned. There are thou
sands of them. including the paintings,
furniture, plate, brOnZeS. china. jewels.
weapons. armor and innumerable odd
pieces among the many apartments,
but the queen seems to have a great
love for each Individual piece. No
alterations can be made in The arrange
ment of them without her consent,
and her memory is so acute that after
an absence of months she detects the
smallest change in the placing of the
tiniest of them.
Genuine lovers of old China would
revel in the collection at Windsor In
the grand corridor whose $40 feet
of length is a continuous mass of rich
treasures. is set of three vases of
Rose du Barry" Sevres. To quote
their value would lay one open to the
charge of eXaggeration. and it will be
sufficient to say that some years ago
three small jardinieres, not nearly so
fine. were sold at auction at Christie's
for $4,000. A plate of this ware readily
brings $1,000, and cup or a saucer
nearly as much. The designs on the
fronts of the vases are exquisitsly
painted amorini in panels. and those at
the back, flowers on a white ground
The vases are II inches in height and
the center one mas a perforated top.
A still finer example of this rare
ware is grand dessert service in the
green drawing ROOM. This set oc-
cupied ten years of the time of the
finest ceramic artists in Europe TO
complete, and its rival does not exist
the world over. In 1874 it was COM
menced at Sevres for Louis VXI, but
was purchased by George " for a
fabulous sum N those days. The paint
ings. chiefly figure subjects in sylvan
landscape, are on groundwork of per-
feet Bleu du Roi The ordinary mill
ionaire, if he exhausted his entire
wealth, would not have money enough
to purchase this set if it were put UP
for sale.
OF modern Sevres work there are
scores of magnificent examples, one of
the most noteworthy being portraits of
Victoria and the prince consort. paint
ed in two immense slabs Of porcelain
They are half length portraits of the
size of life, and were a gift from Louis
Philippe. The revolution of 1913
broke out before they were completed,
and after considerable difficulty they
wa 70 I.
erty of Louis, and the republican gov
eminent consented to their being pre-
scented to the English queen.
In what is called the large dining
room is unGuestiona the finest
punch bowl the world over. IT is of
such mammoth size that the gliding
alone cost $4,000 sterling. 1t was made
for George ". when Prince of Wales,
while the ladle standing near it was
made for the present Prince of Wales.
The queen in earlier life had a great
passion for clocks and timepieces of
every kind. and there are enough of
them in Windsor to supply fair sized
city. One OF the most interesting from
a historical standpoint is in the north
corridor" 1t is d tiny clock. once the
property of William of Orange and his
wife Queen Mary. 1t is not particu-
larry handsome. and was evidently de-
signed for service rather than orna-
mentation. 1t is only six inches high,
and is squat and stum1y in form. On
one side is medallion engraved with
the monogram Nv. r." and a crown,
and on the other side is the crown and
sceptre. Its single handsome feature
is a finely engraved silver dial.
Another clock of equal historical inn
portance and of considerable more
beauty is one which Henry VIII pre-
scented to the unfortunate Anne Bo-
leyn on the morning Of their wedding