New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Ar,
Some Miscellaneous Incidents of the
Auction Room

Inc season at the American Art Gal
lerles IS almost at an end. The sale
OF Judson D. Metzgar's collection of
Japanese color prints, which is set for
way 10 and is, after an exhibition be-
ginning on the 18th, will be the last
ohls spring. Meanwhile the smaller
rooms on the main floor are filled with
an array of objects from various
owners, embracing porcelains, bronzes
and reproductions from the ANTIQUE.
Ihese reproductions form an inter
estlng body. They include, to begin
with, a set of electrotype versions of
the vessels in the famous Hildesheim
treasure, cups. bowls and other Roman
utensils, utilitarian in their origin, but
exquisite as works of art The repro
auctions are those consummately made
by Christof1e. of Paris. Even more ex-
tenslve is the collection here Of cleo
trotypes made by Ellington G. Co., the
English silversmiths, of antique OBJ
Jects, chiefly in the South Kensington
Museum. All the schools are drawn
upon, French, German and Italian. and
all manner of decorative masterpieces
are represented, salvers, bowls. tank
ards and so on. Armor is also repro
ouced, the originals in this case being
sought out In several Continental NIL
seums. A noticeable item in this collec-
ton is fascinating reduction Of the
Vendome Column.
Besides the objects in metal there
is small collection Of the TiFanv
favrlle glass, and a number of cases
are filled with Oriental porcelains and
other souvenirs of the East The sim
gle color glazes are fine, and there is
some particularly good blue and white.
IN one case appears q group of MUGS
painted by members of the Salmagundi
Club, after their habit of producing
tWenty-tour such pieces every wear.
!hey have pleasing bits of color and
design, from popular brushes. Among
the contributors are Charles Volkmar'
Edward H. Potthast, Henry B. Smell.
A. L. Van Laer, Arthur Schneider. AL
pert L. Groll, Milton II. Bancroft and
John c: Johansen. All these things
at the American Art Galleries will BE-
sold there next Thursday and Friday
afternoons.
The New York School of Applied De-
sign for Women will hold, from MAY
l3 to 1s, its annual exhibition of work
by pupils. The class day exercises oc-
cur on Wednesday, May IA. The ad-
dress will be delivered by Francis w.
K. Crowninshield, editor of "Vanity
Fair"
Ladies' Day at the Grolier Club has
been arranged for next Friday, May 8.
This will mark the opening of an ex-
bookbindings made before the year
1900. Rare and beautiful examples
have been lent by private collectors
for the occasion. The exhibition will
open to the public on Saturday and
will continue until the middle Of June.
Many beautiful objects of art and
furniture of the Far East from the
residences Of Frank Mckee, Of Great
Neck, L. l., and of Mrs. John Mem.
Warner, of Philadelphia, are now on
exhibition at the Anderson Galleries,
prior to their sale next Friday and
Saturday. Two conspicuous items are
large bronze mirror of the Ming
dynasty, from the collection of His
Excellency Wong Shu Ting, Of Shan
tung, set in an elaborately carved
wood stand, with enriched pierced
panel, holding dragons and cloud
forms, and a huge temple gong, thirty
inches in diameter, said to have come
from a temple in Kioto. The gong
is carried suspended on pole by two
full-size genii, in carved and lacquered
wood, sixty inches high. Other pieces
are several elaborate four-fold screens,
examples of nineteenth century Japan
ese at; q bronze incense burner set
of seven bronze gongs, a japanese fire