PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, 1855.

WORKS OF INDUSTRY AND ART

EXHIBITED BT

SPIERS & SON,

MANUFACTURERS OF

DECORATED PAPIER MÂCHÉ, ETC.

102 & 103 HIGH STREET, OXFORD.

HONORABLE MENTION

awarded by the Jurors at the ^Great Exhibition of 1851.

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PRIZE MEDAL

'r'Sÿl |l ! awarded by the Directors of theGreat Exhibition at New

York in 1853.

The above Case contains specimens of their Manufacture, and comprises a Table, Cabinets, Writing-desks, Envelope-cases, Portfolios, Work-boxes, Card-trays, Papetéries, Hand-screens, Card-cases, etc. Thefollowing is a list of various other articles manufactured of Papier Mâché, and decorated with picturesquedelineations of architecture and landscape, executed at their establishment:—

CHESS-TABLES.

FIRE-SCREENS.

MULTIFORMIAS,

ALBUMS.

TEA-TRAYS.

NETTING-BOXES.

TEA-CADDIES.

CHESS-BOARDS.

SPILL-JARS.

CANDLESTICKS.

PEN-TRAYS.

READING-DESKS.

CARD-BOXES.

PAPER-KNIVES.

INKSTANDS.

PANELS FOR INTERNAL DECORATION, ETC. ETC. ETC.

CIGAR-CASES. *

JEWEL-BOXES.

WATCH-STANDS.

CARD-RACKS.

NEEDLE-BOXES.

In the decoration of these goods upwards of 300 different subjects are employed, being by far thelargest in number and the greatest in variety which has ever been attempted. They comprise views ofevery college, hall, and public building in Oxford ; besides views of the college gardens, the public walks,the river scenery, and the neighbourhood. Interesting subjects in various parts of the United Kingdomand of the Continent are also represented. Paintings are executed to order, either from nature or fromsketches supplied to them, and heraldic or other devices and inscriptions may be introduced.

Their painting room and extensive establishments are always open to .visitors.

SPIERS & SON are Publishers of the “ Illustrated Memorial for Visitors to Oxford,” containingViews, Maps, and general local information useful to the Tourist,