The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-03-16

tain and Ionic portico in the background.
The other vase has girl drinking at a
tall fountain, and near her are two doves;
on the other side Is futed pillar carry
ing a fountain bowl In which is a dol
phin, while a Corinthiar portico forms
the BACKGROUND. The stands for these
vases are also OF ebony.
Mrs. Cleveland left touch OF beauty
in this room in the shape of lamp. said
TO be the only kerosene lamp In the
house. 1t is OF beautiful design In cut
glass, was one OF the prize pieces at the
Worlds Columbia Exposition. 1888. where
Mrs. Cleveland saw It and captured 1t
for the house Of which she was then the
mistress.
Another interesting item in the Red
Room Is an oval hand-pafnted plaque,
which was selection OF President Ar
thur. This is in ultra-marine blue and
gold. ornamented with three figures. one
Of lady standing by a table, in COM
pany with two cavaliers. one standing
with his hat on. and one bowling. This
| Is in Dresden ware and Is marked "P.'
| In addition to this are to be seen two
candelabra in French gilt, formed by a
| female figure standing on globe; there
are also a gilded wooden stand with q
marble top, a green )agdiniere, two por-
celain vases in magenta and gold each
| bearing picture illustrative of the
| French revolutionary times, and a mag
| nif1cent ever and basin In green and gilt
brass. The ever Is ornamented with three
| sin with two scenes, one of Neptune rid
| ing the sea. and the other of Venus driv-
| ing dolphin. There is also In this room
! q fine bronze group consisting OF male
| female figure with face turned away: the
| right hands of these two figures are
| clasped, and the mans left hand rests on
| the left shoulder Of the woman.
Directly beneath the portrait of Mrs.
| Tyler are two bronze figures; one Of
| these represents soldier seated and
| clad in ancient armor his helmet con-
sisting of a boar's or a bears head. The
rior seated and bareheaded with his
| battle-aXe across his knees.
In the dining room are two magnih-
| cent hand-painted plaques. said to have
been contributed by Mrs. Harrison. at
| cost of several thousand dollars. They
represent a brace of partridge and fish.
There is in this room also a bronze
pheasant group and q gilt-framed mir
| ror plateau in seven pieces.
China and Glass Ware.
All the silver of early date is marked
Presidents House." and quite large
| proportion of the silver. of which, by
the way. there is not too large a sup
ply, is of French manufacture. For in
stance, the soup tureen was made IN
Fraice by Cristofe. Also of French
manufacture are one medium and one
| large silver platter. each with fancy
border. The collection contains one
| chocolate pot five plates and a wine
caster. all of which are ornamented with
| threat-pattern borders
! Much of the glassware now in use. was
! purchased during the Harrison admin
istration. the purchase including 50 fringe
bowls, 81 ice cream plates. 50 stem
sherry glasses. % claret glasses. IS cham
| payne bowls. 60 champagne tumblers, 81
| Burgundy glasses, 81 goblets Il ice cream
plates. decanters. all of which are en-
graved with the United States coat-of-
arms.
There are various sets am parts OF
sets of china ware. The remains of the
set purchased during the Lincoln ad-
! ministration contains l05 pieces. The
Grant set has 1T pieces. Many of the
pieces contributed during the Hayes ad-
| ministraton were decorated by Theo-
dore Davis Noticeable among the
| contributions that were received during
| the Cleveland administration are ninety
| five dessert plates in turquoise blue.
| eighteen in ivory and gold, others In
| red and gold. Three odd Haviland
plates were added at this time, also
| eighty-four deep red dinner plates. Dur
| ing the Harrison administration quite
| purchase Of large numbers of plates.
| The colors. added during the Mckinley
! administration. were mainly green and
| gold, and white and green.
| Compared with what Is to be found
| in some of the private residences In the
nations capital 1t cannot be said that
| the White House collection of silver.
| china and glass would compare very
| favorably. onlv in so far as association
| has lent an added charm to the intrinsic
| value Ga erit