Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-08-28
VANISHED TREASURES.
sens Trephies That wo-is Bring
High RSwardp

some ffophies That wovid Brtnw
High Rewards.
The greatest treasure in sculpture the
world has ever known Is Imperfect. ana
the piece mlssing-a right arrn-would
bring TO the finder Q kings ransom. 50
may be termed treasure In itself.
This arm, or course. belongs to the
Venus de Milo. now In the Louvre at
Paris, and twenty eight years ago II
turned up In England and was proved
by experts TO be the genuine arm of the
Venus. The owner. however, refused
TO part with IL and concealed 1t s6me.
where lest :. II should be stolen by
thieves. When be died he left no rec
ord as to where the arm was hidden,
and from that day TO this Its resting
place has remained mystery.
Somewhere there is an old bronxe
drinking cup which would easily realize
100000 il put on the market. 1t is the
famous bronze bowl found In Egypt q
century and half ago. on which was
engraved the ancient history Of the
pharaohs. 1t was stolen from an Egyp-
tian temple In 1879 and brought 20
Europe. From that time IL mire crlous.
" disappeared, and forty years later
the French government. offered $4,000
for Its discovery, but the famous cup
had vanished, I'm all probability forever
Great pictures have an unhappy
knack Of disappearing, and lucky
would be the individual who pame
across Sir Joshua Reynolds isCouptess
Of Derby" for IL would realize $3.50, 900
This was Acknowledged TO be Reynolds
greatest portrait, but not long after I,
was painted II disappeared from the
Earl Of Derby's collection and has
never sipee been heard Of, There are
also two yandykes and q Rembrandt
missing for which the National gallery
would Willingly. pay 100000, and NO
doubt the Earl 0f'Crewe would give q
Eve figure reward to any one who re-
stored the Cupid cut by some vandal
from the picture Of o former Countess
OF Grove and her son, who was painted
as the little sprits. ls-
Half century sago the Italian gov.
eminent offered 800. 900 to any one who
would redIscover the Florentine chat.
ice. This 10 a goblet of green Venetian
glass made In the sixteenth century for
the pope and engraved with picture
or the resurrection. Its manufacture is
said 10 have occupied two years, and
the secret of the glass, which was thin
ner than paper is, lost, Tho cup was
stolen from the Vatican, but no one
came forward TO claim the offered ro-
N m hn n, ~
cup has been smashed.
a similar treasure which vanished I'm
an equally strange manner was the
Marseila vase OF Dresden china. Ii is
the only piece OF china missing from
the famous Marsella collection, the
value OF which Is set down at SIS. 900.
and 1t bears upon II the cross arrows
ana lions head. a few years ago the
vase was said to be in the north OF
England, and II Is safe to assert thatsif
any one rediscovers ii he can command
price running well into five figures,
Probably In some lumber room I'm this
country there IL an old sword which, IL
the owner only knew II. is worth cou.
pie OF thousand pounds. 1t was the
state sword presented by the nation to
Edward III, and at one time the hilt
was studded with large rubies, bu,
these disappeared long before tho
weapon followed them into obscurity
some years ago. Any ono OF our ma
ional museums would purchase the
sword for the sum mentioned. while IL
IL not unlikely that In a public auction
room the bidding would rise even high
er.-Lopdon Tit-Blts. .-1a,. SO a.. =.