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H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT AND THE PRINCE OP WALES.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.
Class 30.—South Transept.
15 Group in marble, “Theseus and Amazons,” exe-cuted at Rome by Joseph Engel, Esq., from Hungary, pupilof the Royal Academy.
Class 3.
107 Three samples of grain grown on the royal farmsat Windsor, consisting of wheat, oats, and bean3, one bushelof each.
Classes 12 & 15.—Main Avenue, West.
500 Two brocaded dresses manufactured by T. Gre-gory and Brothers, Shelf, near Halifax, Yorkshire. Theweft of cashmere wool shorn from goats kept by H.R.Q.Prince Albert, in Windsor Park. The warp is of silk.
Two shawls and a specimen of coarse cloth, manufacturedby J. Haley and Son, Bramiey, near Leeds. The whole ofthe material is of the cashmere wool as above described.
The cashmere goats’ wool, of which these articles aremanufactured, consists of two distinct materials calledwool and kemp. The wool is beautifully rich and soft tothe touch, and is probably superior in this respect to thefinest Continental lambs’ wool, and equal in richness to theThibet wool. It is also divisible into qualities. The kemppresents the appearance of a coarse, rough hair, which woulddeteriorate the appearance of even common fabrics by itsinferiority and harshness.
The two materials, as shorn from the goat, are closelyintermingled, and present the appearance of coarse hairywool of a very low character; but a minute inspectionsnow's that part of it is of a very fine quality. The separationis effected entirely by hand, fibre by fibre ; no machineryhaving as yet been applied to this purpose. The processis both difficult and tedious, one person not being able toseparate more than half an ounce in twelve hours.
After the separation of the qualities, it is desirable furtherto divide it, in order to make a warp yarn for fabrics likethe shawls; but this was impossible in the present instance,ow'ing to the small quantity produced, otherwise the fabricwould have been much finer. In the dresses this wasachieved, the warp being of silk, and the quantity requiredfor the weft not therefore so great in proportion.
Specimen of coarse cloth manufactured entirely of thecoarse liair or kemp, which is generally considered worth-less.
Class 27.
140 A block of Parrot coal from West Wemyss colliery,Kirkaldy, Fifeshire, partly polished.
141 Garden seat, designed by L. Gruner, Esq., andexecuted in Fifeshire by Thomas Williams VVaun, of Parrotor cannel coal, from the estate of Rear-Admiral Wemyss.
Class 30.
350 Two slabs for tables, designed by L. Gruner, Esq.,in the cinque-cento style, executed by Mr..Thomas Wood-ruff at Bakewell, in Derbyshire stones, in imitation of theFlorentine mosaic.
351 Candelabrum in the cinque-cento style, designedby L. Gruner, Esq., modelled by Ant. Trentanove, and exe-cuted in scagliofa in imitation of giallo antico, by L.Romoli.
At the Cavalry Barracks opposite the Exhibition.
Model houses for four families of the class of manufac-turing and mechanical operatives, intended to convey prac-tical information for the improvement of the dwellings ofthe working classes. Built with hollow bricks and of fire-proof construction, from the designs of Henry Roberts,Esq. F.S.A.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT,
ON BEHALF OF
H.R H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Class 30.—Main Avenue, East.
98 Shield presented by His Majesty the King ofPrussia to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in com-memoration of the baptism of the infant Prince, for whomKis Majesty acted as sponsor.
The pictorial embellishments of the shield, the generalplan for which w r as given by the king himself, were designedby Doctor Peter Yon Cornelius, and the architectural orna-ments by Counsellor Stiller. The execution of the remainingportions—goldsmiths’ work, enamel, &c., was performed byM. G. Hossauer; the modelling by M. A, Fischer; thechasing by M. A Mertens; and the lapidary work byM. Calandrelli.
In the centre of the shield is a head of our Saviour.The middle compartment, surrounded by a double line ofornamental work, is divided by a cross into four smallercompartments, which contain emblematic representations ofthe two Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, withtheir Old Testament types—the opening of the fountain inthe rock by Moses, and the fall of manna. At the extre-mities of the arms of the cross are represented the Evan-gelists, noting down what they have seen and heard in theGospels, which are to communicate to all futurity the planof man’s salvation, and prove inexhaustible sources of divinerevelation and doctrine.
On the extreme points of the arabesques that rise abovethe Evangelists, are represented the Christian virtues ofFaith, Hope, and Charity, and of Christian Righteous-ness. Around the entire centre stand in a circle the twelveApostles. Peter is seen under Faith represented in thearabesque; on the right and left of him are Philip andAndrew; under Hope is James; on either side are Bartho-lomew and Simon; John is placed beneath the figure ofCharity ; on either side are James the younger and Thomas ;
; under Righteousness is Paul; on the right and left areMatthew and Judas Thaddeus, going forth into the worldto teach and to baptize, and to propagate the kingdom ofthe Redeemer.
The relievo which surrounds the edge of the shield, re-presents the betrayal, the redeeming atonement of Christ,and his resurrection. Another portion represents our Lord’striumphant entry into Jerusalem; a third portion the descentof the Holy Ghost, the preaching of the Gospel, and the for-mation of the Church. The fourth and principal compart-ment contains an allegorical representation of the birth ofthe Prince of Wale3 and of the visit of the king of Prussia,accompanied by Baron Humboldt, General von Natzmer,,and the Count von Stolberg, and welcomed by His RoyalHighness Prince Albert and the Duke of Wellington: aknight of St. George being represented on the beachstanding upon a dragon.
The shield has been denominated the Buckler of Faith.The inscription on the shield runs thus:
“FRIDF.RICU3 GULIELMUS REX BORTJSSORUM,
ALBERTO EDUARHO, PKINCIPI WALLI.E,
IN MEMORTAM D.IEI BAPT. XXV. JAN. A. MDCCCXLII.”
ZOLLVEREIN, OCTAGON ROOM, No. 836.
COUNT ERNEST OF COBURG-GOTIIA.Fruit stones of various sizes, carved with a penknife.