Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-20
TREASURES LOST TO VIEW.
Trophies That Would Enrich Any~ one Fortunate Enough to Bring
 Them to Light.

The greatest treasure in sculpture the world has ever known is imperfect, and the piece missing-a right arm-would bring the finder in a kings ransom, so may be termed treasure in itself. This arm, of course, belongs to the Venus de Milo now in the Louvre at Paris, and 2S years ago it turned up in England, and was proved by experts to be the genuine Venus. The owner, however, refused to part with it, and concealed itsomewhere lest it should be stolen by thieves. When he died he left no record as to where the arm was hidden, and from that day to this it's resting place has remained a mystery, says London Tit-Bfts.
 Somewhere there is an old bronze drinking cup which would easily realize $100,00 if put ont the market It is the famous bronze bowl found in Egypt century and half ago, on which was engraved the ancient history of the Pharaohs. It was stolen from an Egyp- tian temple in 1739, and brought to Europe. From that time it nairaculous1y disappeared, and 40 years later the French government offered $15,00O for US u15CONSIy, UuL tu0 1eLAoOo SoP AcS0 vanished, in all probability forever.
 Great pictures have an unhappy knack of disappearing, and lucky would be the individual who came across Sir Joshua Reynolds Countess of Der by,'' for it would realize $500 1000. This was acknowledged to be Reynolds greatest portrait, but not long after it was painted it disappeared from the earl of Derby collection, and has never since been heard of. There was also two Vandykes and Rembrandt miss ing for which the National gallery would willingly pay $200, 900, and no doubt the earl of Crewe would give four-fgure reward to anyone who restored the cupid cut by some vandaI from the picture of a former countess of Crewe and her son, who was painted as the little sprite.
 Half a century ago the Italian gov ernment offered $50,000 to anyone who would rediscover the FIorentine chalice. This is a goblet of green Venetian glass, made in the sixteenth century for the pope, and engraved with picture of the resurrection. It's manufacture is said to have occupied two years, and the secret of the glass, which was thin ner than paper, is lost The cup was stolen from the vatican, but no one came forward to claim the offered re- ward and the probabilities are that the cup has been smashed.
 A similar treasure, which vanished in an equally strange manner, was the Marsella vase of Dresden china. It is the only piece of china missing from the famous Marsella collection, the value of which is set down as $75 GOO, and it bears upon it the cross arrows and a lions head. A few years ago the vase was said to be in the north of England, and 1t is safe to assert that if anyone re- discovers it he can command price running we'll into four figures.
 Probably in some lumber room in this country there is an old sword which, if the owner only knew it, is worth a cou- pie of thousand pounds. Itwas the state sword presented by the nation to Ed ward TIL, and at one time the hih was studded with large ruhies, but these dis appeared long before the weapon fol- lowed them into obscurity some years ago. Any one of our national museums would purchase the sword for the sum mentioned, while it is not unlikely that in public auction-room the bidding would rise even higher.