The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
F0RBEARS'.
Antiquities on
Exhibition.
FULL OF INTEREST.
Furniture, Bric-a-Brac, Sill
yer, China and Other Things

Many men have labored, and ye
have entered into their labors."
From time to time in years past, ex-
hibtions of antiquities have been held
in Worcester, for the instruction or en-
tertainment Of the public, or as bread
winners for some more or less worthy
cause; but never before has so COM
plete and beautiful and valuable col
lection of relics of the past been
brought together under one roof as that
which now occupies Salisbury Hall.
Worcester while poverty stricken in
respect to places Of historic interest, is
rich III objects of esthetic, local
and historic significance, and it is some
of the many articles of this nature
which have been gathered together by
the ladies of the Society of Antiquity.
AS 30 much has already been said
| in the press concerning the arrange
ment of the various objects which form
, the exhibition, a word may be most
profit ably devoted to a very brief
sketch of some of the more important
pieces. Many things exhibited in the
cases or placed in the manner of par
! lor, dining room and bed room, gain
having once been the property of the
| founders of the old Worcester families
Thus the Paines, Lincolns, Chambers
and Trumbulls figure conspicuously,
and numerous are the articles of furni-
| ture, bric-a-brac, table furnishings
and articles of personal adorn-
ment which are labelled as
having once belonged to the ancestors
of the present families
AS most of the articles exhibited date
| back only to the beginning of the CEN
f, fury, there are many evidences of lux
| ury and comfortable living among
| them, and as whole the collection
gives a very different impression from
that in the museum at Plymouth, where
the few, poor remnants of the past
speak of a life unspeakably meagre and
/ bare The loan exhibition of the So
ciety of Antiquity is beautiful to the
| eye; it speaks of prosperity and ease
on the part of those good men and wo-
men who, 100 and 1870 years ago, began
| to lay the foundations of the Worcester
Of today.
Nearly every department of the old
| life that could be illustrated has been.
There is a fine collection of antique
| furniture. A superb sideboard, Chip
| pendale, is loaned by Mr.. w. S. g. Ken
needy, and stands near a large mahog-
any dining table, set with number of
| tall candleSticks, an immense silver tea
tray, or salver, and set of old blue"
| all of which belongs to Miss Frances
| G. Morse, one of the largest exhibitors
and chairman Of the exhibition Not
far away stands a little, narrow chest
ed spnnet, a new patent, as the dec
GRATED panel in front of the keyboard
states. and made by Clement, Cheap
side, London. It's quavering, broken
notes call to an old Partisan harp be-
side it, which has been loaned by Mrs.
Reed Lawton. OF course a tall clock
is not wanting, nor a writing desk, al
though handsome specimen of
the latter might easily have been
obtained nor Chippendale chairs, nor
the little footstools that ladies like to
rest their feet on, nor a four-poster.
nor high daddy"
There are large collections of lustre
ware, including many beautiful speci-
mems, and the candlesticks of silver,
china and brass would, If lighted, illu-
inmate the hall. The number of small
articles, such as pepper boxes, snuff
boxes, tea caddies, and the like, is
large.
One case is devoted to old silver and
curiosities, and contains some beauti-
full things, such as spoons made by
Paul Revere, a cross. of the Legion of
Honor, with the portrait of Napoleon; a
number of turnip-faced watches, one
of which has portraits of Napoleon.