Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-11-26


&c is on e~xnioitiou in the LOBBY of the
OF representatives. At the 1904
session of the legislature 5000 was
appropriated for the service. De-
signs were submitted by three com
petitors, and the order was given 10
Boyle Bros. of White River Jaaction,
on designs furnished b. thu Gorham
Manufacturing % of Providence, R
l., which compang made the service.
TIE service consists of ii pieces,
viz, punch howl, pa ach ladle, plateau,
or waiter, upon which the bowl stands,
two candelabra, water pitcher. syrup
pitcher, two salad bowls, meat dish,
entree dish, or serving tray, two com
potes, and butter dish.
The punch bowl is 18th century in
character, % inches wide in its great
est diameter, including the handles,
and a. inches high TO the top of the
handles The decoration is suggestive
of toe sea and the State of Vermont,
the handles being formed by dolphins,
while the picture of the %battleship
Vermont is artistically etched in one
of the large panels on the side, the
panel resting on a strong a deco
ration which leads down to the foot
of the bowl. On n side OF the foot
of the bowl in bold relief is shown 4
spray of maple leaves surrounding the
seal of the United States nav. while
on the opposite side of the bowl a
spray OF clover decoration surrounds
the seal of the State of Vermont.
In the large panel opposite the
~battleship is a sugar maple scene
which is a distinctive feature of the
bowl showing a sugar house in the.
background, while in the foreground
appears a characteristic sugarmaker
tapping a tree, while around him are
shown several trees already provided
with buckets hanging TO them.
The punch lsdle has a generous and
sh4pely bowl with grape vine decora-
tions, while at the head between
crossed d%olphins appears the seal of
Vermont.
The plateau upon which the bowl
stands is Is inches in diameter includ-
ing the handles. In the center is a
correct representation Of the State
House, surrounded with the presenta-
ton inscription of the service ''Pre-
sented to the T.. S. B~attieship Yer
mont by the State of Vermont
The bogue of the plateau is orna-
mented with a wave decoration, and
the spray of clover and the seal of
Vermont opposite the spray of maple
and the seal of the navy is shown on
the f1ange.
The candelabra ara large and i'm
poruant pieces designed to be lighted
by electricity. They are 10 inches
high and have a spread Of % inches.
The water pitcher is of large and
generous size, wide At the mouth and
mounted with the borders typical OF
the set, the sprays and seals being as
before described. The feature of this
piece is the fine etching of a Morgan
horse, accurately portraying the prod
uct of which Vermont is proud.
The syrup pitcher Is the unique
piece of the service, representing a
section of a maple tree, being repro
dnced exactly from a piece of maple
bark.
The feature of the salad bowl is it's
wide decorated fange with the dol
phin borders matching the other
pieces of the service. This piece is 16
inches in diameter and gold lined.
The 20-inch he's dish is decorated
with the sprays and seals common to
the service, and the 14-inch entree
dish while similar character hss a shell
decoration at either end.
Each of the compotes, which are
identical in design while in keeping
with the rest of the service is treated
in a more liberal manner.
The butter dish is treated in a man
ner similar to the fat dishes except
the cover which with a carefully mod
eled Guernsey cow for a handle and a
correctly etched pasture scene with a
standing cow in the foreground. The
service is massive in weight, the mod
cling, CHASING and silversmithing
being of the finest quality. While a
total of 5000 was appropriated fer
the service Messrs. Boyle Bros. are
able to info the treasury $500 as
nnexpended. ~ 0A7 j