The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-12-03


~ for so many years the town
house of the dukes of Suther-
land. has been thrown open to the
public as the London museum.
The lofty rooms are flooded with
light even on dull day, and they form
an admirable setting for the valuable
exhibits that have been assembled and
arranged under the careful supervi-
sion of Guy Laking. the director. and
his colleagues.
There are three great features OF the
new museum-the collection of early
seventeenth century jewelry (buried,
perhaps, at the time of the great fire
or the plague, and found under a Lon
don house at the time of its demoli-
ton two years ago), the greatest col
lection of Cromwellian relics ever as
collection of costumes. chiefly OF the
Georgian period, which fill two of the
state rooms on the first floor.
Gold and Silver Room.
One of the principal attractions is
the gold and silver room. 1t contains
a unique survival of the early part of
the seventeenth century in the shape
of a collection of jewelry discovered
In the city. This treasure was found
buried in box and was part of a Jew
eler's stock. There are many dupli-
Gates and some of the articles are in
an unfinished condition.
Altogether $40 pieces were discov-
cred, including rings, pendants, chains
scent bottles. pomanders, and watches
and part of communion set in crys
tai and gold. The delicacy and ele
gance of the designs and workman
ship are remarkable and in one or two
Instances it is curious to recognize
the resemblance OF the ornaments
fashioned in Jacobean times to the ar
nouveau of the day.
One of the most interesting Of tn,
rescued relics is a cameo portrait O
Queen Elizabeth. evidently carved By
q the same hand as that which execut
ed a precisely similar portrait pre-
served at Windsor castle.
Rich in PaIeolithic Implements.
: The museum is rich in paleolithi,
e Implements wonderful celt was dis
r covered within the last three weeks IL
Piccadilly circus-in neolithic nipple
ments. and in weapons of the bronz
age. Some admirable bronze sword
have been found in Sion Reach, Mill
e wall, and Wandsworth, and are her
displayed to indicate the civilization
which had been attained before tn
D advent of the Romans, to whom tn
n visitor is introduced by natural traI
e sition.
e The former dining room of Staffor
house has been converted into "Lor
dinium." Here are writing materials
" artistic trifles, toilet appliances. pc
l. fume. and manicure boxes and toy
e From Roman London the itinerar
n leads to the Saxon. Danish. and Anglo
Saxon collections, whence one passe
y to the advent of the Normans. At tn
Il end of the corridor is a room contain
ie ing medieval relics dating from 12C
" to 1900.
l. 1t is perhaps when the staircase
- assembled and the time of the Tudor
IL is reached that the romance and cole
~ of London in old times are most TO
chilly brought home to the mind. Tn
&c arms of Henry VIII, Edward vi, Mar
and Elizabeth are effectively displays
and many curious and Illuminating su
- vivals of their reigns are to be see
Nv Relics of Sixteenth Century.
Here, for instance, is the elaborai
rs and handsome steelyard of Sir Thor
is as Gresham. Various domestic ute
no sils, examples of metal work, a fe
ms samples of costumes, illumination
an and landscapes help the visitor to vi
nd ualize life in the sixteenth centur
The proclamation for the resumptiC