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SWITZERLAND.
209 Zupeinger, Tiieodor, Maennedorf Canton of
Zurich —Inventor.
Carpet of new velvet, woven.
210 Badly & Co., Schoenemoerd, Canton of
Soleure —Manufacturers.
Braces, elastic and non-elastic, cotton, and lialf silk.
211 Dietieee, J., Berne —Manufacturer.
Japanned leather boots, the legs of red morocco.
212 ' Frey, T. F. & T., Aaron, Canton of Argovie —
Manufacturers.
Common cotton and elastic braces ; middling and finebraces ; half silk and half cotton elastic braces and garters.Half silk and half cotton fancy elastic braces. Elasticcotton belts.
213 Isler & Otto, Wildegg , Canton of Argovie —
Manufacturers.
Laces, a new use of straw-haulms as raw material;peculiar in combination of colour and pattern ; for ladies’bonnets and pasteboard work. Trimming, exhibited fornovelty of design, material, and workmanship.
214 Lecoultbe Bkotheks, Brassus, Vaud .
Razors, sonnettes. Razors with two, with four, and
with six blades. _
215 Lecoultbe, James, Sentier , Canton of Vand.Razor, with six spare blades, with back and a case.
Razors, with six, four, and two blades, without backs.Razors, with single blades.
216 Geaeser & Souweizer, Bheinatt, Canton of
Metallic cloth, employed in paper manufactures. Ironwire flower-pot, for ornamental use.
217 Scheitlin, Henry & David, Canton of St.
Gall —Manufacturers.
Buttons for coats. Buttons for ladies. Umbrella, cur-tain, and boddice rings.
218 ScnopEEB, Samuel, Gessnay, Canton of Berne
—Founder.
Cow bells.
[The principal care of the Swiss husbandman is hisherd of cows, which are of a peculiar and excellent breed,and supply a large daily proportion of milk, yielding aquantity of cheese. These cows, pasturing among themountains, are supplied with bells, for their more readydiscovery. Large quantities of cheese are exported toEngland and other countries. It has been calculatedthat there are 800,000 cattle in Switzerland.—R.E.]
219 Duteetre, Augustus, Geneva .
Gold pocket-book. Gold cigar-case, with enamel andpainting, and a watch attached.
Gold money-case, with enamel and a watch.
Gold ring, and bracelet with jewels and watch.
Gold walking-stick head, with mechanism.
Gold souvenir, with a small watch, under an enamelledpainting—subject, “ The wilM little boy.” On the otherside is a landscape, representing a lake of the liigli Alps,from the original of Calame, with place for a portrait orhair. _
221 Fries, Henry, Canton of Zurich —Designer
and Manufacturer.
Embossed drinking-cup.
This cup, the design of which represents Alpine pur-suits, is represented in the annexed cut.
Fries’ Embossed Drinking Cup.
222 Massy, Joiin Francis, Sentier , Canton of
Sundry imitative gems of‘various kinds.
223 Yeret, James, Nyon, Canton of Vaud .
Crystal of quartz in its natural state.
Topaz , produced from quartz by a peculiar process.
Topaz , obtained by the same process, set in a breast-pin,on gold-leaf.
[Quartz crystals are not unfrequently made the meansof imitating certain gems, by partially colouring or tintingthem with various metallic oxides; hut the usual mode ofmanufacturing imitative precious stones of all kinds is bymeans of a kind of glass, called technically “ paste,” andcomposed of pounded rock crystal, melted with alkalinesalts, and coloured with metallic oxides.—D. T. A.]