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OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
On the “Bahamas” Counter.
Specimens of Abyssinian saddlery. Two mules’ sad-dles complete. Two brass ornaments suspended on thenecks of mules. One large coloured wicker basket. Asmall one. Two horse saddles, one with bridle, the otherwithout; brass ornaments for the face and neck of thehorse.
Two Abyssinian sheepskins, as worn by the nativesover their clothes. Each of these is the skin of one sheep,the wool carefully dressed and extremely white. Thebaskets are good specimens of plaiting, and very flexible.The sandles of a very primitive construction, much re-sembling the old Moresco pattern, still retained in manydistricts in the South of Spain ; and contrasting singularlywith the elaborate and ornamental character of the head-gear, neck ornaments, See., exhibited with them.
On the “South Australian” side.
Abyssinian shield of buffalo hide, with silver orna-ments, and strip of lion’s mane suspended from theboss. Diameter about 2 feet and a half.
Two Abyssinian silver coronets of superior design. Oneof these, to which a sort of metallic fringe is attached,displays a strong resemblance to the sort of diademfigured in Bruce’s Travels. The forms of these coronetsare by no means deficient in elegance and simplicity.
Two Abyssinian silver-gilt bracelets, apparently ofsome antiquity, and very much chased.
Two fine cotton cloths worn by Abyssinians of distinction.
Two Abyssinian double-edged sabres, the handles beingmade of rhinoceros’ horn. The peculiar curve of theblade adapts the inside edge for the purpose of forage andgrain-cutting. Two Abyssinian lances.
TI T S ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.
South Transept.
15 Group in marble, “Theseus and Amazons, ” exe-cuted at Borne by Joseph Engel, Esq., from Hungary ,pupil of the Royal Academy .
Class 3.
170 Three samples of grain grown on the royal farmsat Windsor, consisting of wheat, oats, and beans, onebushel of each.
Class 4.
139 Wool, the production of Cashmere goats kept byHis Royal Highness at Windsor. It is imported with aportion of strong white hairs, -which it is requisite to havepicked out by hand prior to attempting to manufacturethe finer portions. These strong hairs are afterwardsuseful in making coarse woollen cloth.
Examples of these kinds of manufacture from this woolare exhibited in the Central Avenue.
Class 27.
140 A block of Parret coal from West Wemyss colliery,Kirkaldy, Fifeshire , partly polished.
141 Garden seat, designed by L. Gruner, Esq., andexecuted in Fifeshire by Thomas Williams Waun, of Parrot or 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, andexecuted in scagliola in imitation of giallo antico, byL. Romoli.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, ON BEIIALE 0E HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.
98 Shield presented by His Majesty the King ofPrussia to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, incommemoration of the baptism of the infant Prince, forwhom His Majesty acted as sponsor.
The pictorial embellishments of the shield, the generalplan for which was given by the king himself, were de-signed by Doctor Peter Von Cornelius , and the archi-tectural ornaments by Counsellor Stiiler. The executionof the remaining portions—the goldsmiths’ work, enamel,&c., were performed by M. G. Hossauer; the modellingby M. A. Fischer; the chasing by M. H. Mertens; andthe lapidary work by M. Calandrelli.
In the centre of the shield is a head of Our Saviour.The middle compartment, surrounded by a double lineof ornamental work, is divided by a cross into foursmaller compartments, which contain emblematic repre-sentations of the two Sacraments, Baptism and theLord’s Supper, with their Old Testament types, theopening of the fountain in the rock by Moses , and thefall of manna. At the extremities of the arms of thecross are represented the Evangelists, noting downwhat they have seen and heard in the Gospels, whichare to communicate to all futurity, the plan of man’s sal-vation and prove inexhaustible sources of divine revela-tion and doctrine. . .
On the extreme points of the arabesques that riseabove the Evangelists, are represented the Christianvirtues of Faith , Hope, and Charity, and of ChristianRighteousness . Around the entue centre stand in a
circle the twelve Apostles. Peter is seen under Faith represented in the arabesque; on the right and left ofhim are Philip and Andrew; under Hope is James;on either side are Bartholomew and Simon; John isplaced beneath the figure of Charity; on either side areJames the younger and Thomas; under Righteousness is Paul; on the right and left are Matthew and JudasThaddeus , going forth into the world to teach and tobaptize, and to propagate the kingdom of the Redeemer.
The relievo, which runs round the edge of the shieldrepresents the betrayal, the redeeming atonement ofChrist, and his resurrection. Another portion representsOur Lord’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem; a thirdportion the descent of the Holy Ghost, the preaching ofthe gospel, and the formation of the church. The fourthand principal compartment contains an allegorical repre-sentation of the birth of the Prince of Wales, and of thevisit of the King of Prussia, accompanied by Baron Hum-boldt , General von Natzmer, and the Count von Stolberg,and welcomed by H.R.H. Prince Albert and the Duke ofWellington; a Knight of St. George being representedon the beach standing upon a dragon.
The shield has been denominated the Buckler of Faith.The inscription on the shield runs thus :—
FRIDERICUS GULIELMUS REX BORUSSORUMALBERTO EDUARDO, PRINCIPI WALLIN,
IN MEMORIAM DIEI BAPT. XXV JAN. A. MDCCCXLII.