The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07
LOAN EXHIBITION.
Valuable Guriosities and An
tiquities Shown at St.
Marks Hall.

on jersey avenue, under the auspices of
the ladies of st. Marks Church, will re-
pay anyone who Is interested in curiosities
and antiquities. These are on exhibition
daily from three O'clock In the afternoon
until ten o'clock in the evening Saturday
night the exhibition will be over The
loan exhibition is on the second floor and
Is in charge of Mrs. Charles Black. Miss
Gertrude Bonhan, Miss Marie Manners
and Mr.. Wymer Mills. The collection en-
braces a quantity of valuable pieces of
bric-a-brac, china, letters and paintings.
Miss E. c. Morgan exhibits collection
made on her travels in Egypt Mexico and
other countries. Among them are:-
Yashmak, face covering of Egyptian
woman. clay toys Of Egyptian children,
Soudanese knife, Aran from Assouan on
the Nile, worn by natives; wooden plates.
with Norwegian scenes alabaster orna-
ment from Aztec Temple in Mexico.
Mrs. L. Wilcox Mills shows a wedge
wood tea pot, a very old specimen. Of
Josiah Wedgewood's glazed ware: an en-
craving of Mrs. Mills in colors, 1856. Mrs.
James Flemming exhibits an old oak chair,
carved in wood, England, 1911, Egyptian
tea table and stand. Miss Manners has a
long list of curiosities which she has
gathered in her travels.
Mrs. John Van Worst exhibits a Testa-
ment and Psalms, set to music in the
Dutch language, date 1752; spinning wheel
from old homestead date 1862. Cannon
ball, found in ground of old homestead,
supposed to have been fired by a British
ship and decided to the property of the
| first settler by name of Van Worst signed
! by Peter Stuyyesant
Among the other exhibits ares
Mrs Alexander T. McGill:- Embroid-
cred silk dress belonging to Mrs. Rich
ard Stockton; silver embroidered muslin
dress belonging to Mrs. Richard Stock
| ton; original letter from Washington to
Mrs Richard Stockton; miniature of
Julia Stockton, granddaughter of the
signer; picture of Dr. Benjamin Rush,
signer of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and Julia Stockton. his wife, the
daughter of the signer, Richard Stockton;
table that once belonged to Aaron Burr
Miss Laura Riley:-Miniature of Jacob
Schley of Baltimore, Md, ancestor Of
Admiral schley, date about 1850; ladys
ivory netting case brought from China
| about 1929.
Mrs John S. McMaster:-Baby's cap,
more family of Virginia Picture of a
naval battle in the war of 1912, framed
originally with black molding. and with
black and gilt bordered glass, owned by
| Stevenson family Of Maryland, and by
| them buried for while when the British
were near.
| Mrs Walter Rae:-Lowestoft tea pot,
over two hundred years old.
az
| by Pilgrim Fathers as cooking utensils.
part OF Mandarin's wife's petticoat,
brought from Pekin, China.
| Mrs Henry " Condict:-Old Pewter
plate bearing date on back 1748. It was
used by Revolutionary soldiers at Morris
4 town. N j., and has been in the family
| of Henry Vail Condict, for one hundred
and fifty years.
Mrs C. w. Parker:-A plate belonging
to dinner set of India china, inherited
by Mrs. c. w. Parker from her great
great grandmother.
Mrs George Fuller:-Plate and cup and
saucer, In the Eldridge family for two
hundred years, given to Mrs. Fuller by
Mrs Eldridge of Cape Cod.
Miss H. e. Scott-Fan 109 years old, and
pens made in the fifteenth century.
! Miss A. H. Scott-Silk bag and scarf
worn by owners great grandmother sew
senty-five years ago.
| Miss e. S. Babcock, wedding slippers of
Mary Stanton who married Col Henry
Babcock of the Revolutionary Army. The
wedding tok place on December 2, 1854
The slippers now belong to Mary Stan
| toms great granddaughter.
Mrs. Charles C. Black-Six tablespoons
| sent over from England as a wedding gift
to the owners grand parents in T4o.
Mrs. Charles w. Cropper-s Shell fan, 1s4o.
Mrs. Clara Muirheid-Boheulia tea set,
very old.
Miss L. S. Pearsall-old celery bowl.
| Mrs. A. A. Hardenburgh-Plate from
Alexander Hamilton's dinner service and
from which Washington dined.
| Mrs. Otto Crouse-Three blue and white
plates. from set belonging to the family
of Brigadier-Genera Wooster, in COM
mand of the Continental forces during
| the siege of Ticonderoga, and killed in
the battle of Danbury.
Mary S. Bowen-Engraving of the Em-
press Catherine II. of Russia, date 1852,
brought from Russia by United States
Minister Eugene Schuyler. and rescued
| from the fire in the Century Company
collection.
DR.. ]. &C. Parsons-Letters from Martin
| Van Buren. from 1923 to 1896
Mrs. Alexander-Silver tabernacle door,
old Spanish-Portugese PARTING Of the An
nunciation on copper. brought from Lis
bon; Turkish dagger. set in coral and tur-
quoise; holy water stoup. from Brittany;
Moorish pottery. and old brocades from
Rome.
| Mrs. G. B. Wilson-Old Claymore. used
by one of G. B. Wilson's ancestors at the
battle of the Boyne. 1880.
Miss Dail.-Painted fan, over one hum
dred and fifty years old, owned by Parker
/ family of Baltimore, Nd.
| Miss Louise Edge:-Charred wood from
excavations of Herculanean, nearly 1900
years old; dag gathered on the battle-
| field of Monmouth the day of the engage
ment June 2S. 177s
Miss Julia Fouche:-Copper lustre pitch
er, 200 years old, property Of the owners
| t-great-grandmother.
Mrs Samuel c. Allison:-Book of sheet
music over 100 years old.
| Mrs Howard Ivins:-Gloves, cut and
made In Utah, in the early pioneer times,
by Mormon lady, who was among the
| first to emigrate from New Jersey.
| Mrs. vandervoort:- rt:-German smoothing
| iron one hundred and fifty years old