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OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.

represents two Cupids playing amongst the stalks of the■vine, and holding up a sapphire with four pearls, in theform of a claw, very finely chased, and in good taste.The entire collection shown by this exhibitor appears tothe Jury to he deserving of a Council Medal.”— Juries'Reports, Cl. 23, pp. 513 & 514.

1530 VlT'l'oz, G. T., 11 Rue tics Filles tlu Calvaire,

Paris —Manufacturer.

Artistic clock, in gilt bronze, called the “ Three Hoursof the Day.” Ornamented with Cupids upon a cloud, andresting upon a pedestal of white marble.—P. 1250,—Plate 289.

“ The attention of the Jury has been attracted by thebronzes and the works in gilt bronze exhibited by M.Vittoz. They can only speak of the bronzes which areeither wholly or partially gilt, to which they are limitedby their instructions. They have observed a clock in giltbronze, called the ‘ Three Hours of the Day;’ it is orna-mented with Cupids upon a cloud, and supported by apedestal of white marble. 'Pile Cupids are in bronze, andthe style of Louis XVI. is preserved with much taste andcare in the execution. The same clock is exhibited indouble the size. *******

“ 'Pile articles noticed claim from the Jury a recom-mendation for a Council Medal.”— Juries’ Reports, Cl.. 23,p. 515.

1019 Gueyton, A., 11 Rue Chapon, Paris—Manufacturer.

Swords and dagger handles in oxidized silver, chasedand ornamented.—Plate 321.

Cigar-cases and snuff-boxes in oxidized silver, chasedand ornamented with bas-reliefs representing various sub-jects.—P. 1254.—Pla e 322.

[These works serve as illustrations of value being im-parted by labour, rather than by the cost or rarity of thematerials. The handles of the swords are adorned withfigures, &c„ symbolical of the functions exercised by theofficials by whom they are intended to be worn.—W. C. A.]

“ The variety of objects exhibited by M. Gueytonbespeak great fertility of invention, and a felicitous appli-cation of old as well as novel processes. The .1 ury wouldmention particularly several boxes and cigar-cases, orna-mented with handsome bas-reliefs in cast and chasedsilver, very light, or produced by the electro-process insilver, anil also in copper silvered. * * * *

All these articles, especially those that are chased, andthose produced by the electro-process, pertaining at onceto works of jewellery and of the silversmith’s art, giveM. Gueyton a very honourable position among the exhi-bitors, and have induced the Jury to recommend him forthe Council Medal.”— Juries' Reports, p. 514.

1G90a Lalanne -Manufacturer.

A calculating rule, constructed upon new principles,consisting of a graphic table of right lines, to performall the calculations usually done by a sliding rule: canbe executed to within l-20(fth of the true result.

1709 Bahiiediennk & Co., 30 Boulevard Poisonnirre, Paris—Manufacturers. (Agents, Jackson & Gkaiiam,37 & 38 Oxford Street.)

Ebony bookcase, in the style of the Renaissance , intro-ducing artistic bronzes in its decoration. The figureon the top of the pediment is, “The Thinker,” the anglesunderneath with figures symbolic of “ Night ” and “ Morn-ing and are reductions from the sculptures of MichaelAugelo on the tomb of Lorenzo de Medicis . The frieze,consisting of birds, fruits, tlowers, and animals, togetherwith some other portions in bronze, has been modelledand adapted for the bookcase by M. Clesinger, one of the

most eminent sculptors of France . The figures inniches, and the four panels in the doors of the 1°"*’'part, are reductions from the celebrated gates of thellaptisterie at Florence, by Lorenzo Ghiberti ; the prop 0 *'tions are mathematically exact, and the work is fin>"■ lC |,with great care. It was of these gates that Mic ) ,oeAngelo said, “They are so beautiful that they m’6 11fittingly stand at the gates of Paradise.” _ j

The adaptation of artistic bronzes to this beautiful a"i^useful article of furniture has been made with consul"mate taste and skill, and forms quite a new feature on'example, well worthy of study and imitation.— 1’. I' J—Plate 334.

“ Hahiiediennk & Co. ( France , 1709, 1723, p. 125S)-TJThis firm exhibits a magnificent collection of art' 6 ^works in bronze, consisting, for the most part, of ve"’*^tions by mechanical processes from ancient and niodciworks of sculpture. The processes are the inventionCollas, the bronzes finished by the sculptor Closing 1 ^The Jury consider that the whole collection display?.carefulness, completeness, and beauty of execution W" 1 ®,,place it in the first rank. (Joint Medal with Class 2M— Juries’ Reports, p. 502.

[The gates of the Haptistry of Florence and the ton'llof the Medicis have long been looked upon as the cro""ing efforts of their respective designers and fabricatingThe names of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Michael Ang*;^Buonarroti are associated with these and with art-highest development. Of the Baptistry gates too nine Jcannot be said: they exhibit a luxuriance of fancy ,uan acquaintance with art which at the present day l"' sparallel. Seven great Italian artists entered into con'l"-^tition for the execution of the work; but by common cin'^sent, and at the request of his brother artists, the pal"'" ‘awarded to Lorenzo , who at that period was only twou yyears of age. Hound pictures in bronze, modelled in *' clief, of subjects taken from the Old and New Testauien -ointo which Ghiberti threw the most luxuriant frame""^_and decorated mouldings, composed of fruit and tl‘ nv ^ ir

frequently birds were introduced pecking at them.

portions, heads and masks, and statues of the Kvang'^^anil doctors of the Church were introduced. It 1Sthe panels or compartments of these gates that a sideof four subjects have been made: these are, the ^ ieIl | )rt ,eJoseph and his Brethren, the Appearance of theAngels in the Valley of Mamre, and the VisitSheba to Solomon. The tomb of Lorenzo ile Mediebwork of Michael Angelo , is described by Vasari wiy ^enthusiasm peculiar to that writer. He writes u '

“ Thinker,” (the figure of Duke Lorenzo,') as “ tfi'Wfc sanil reflective, with a form of so much beauty th® , >>

of mortal could see nothing better;” and of “ Mom'^ ^or Aurora, as—“ A small female form, well calculat'd ^awake deep melancholy in the soul, and to makeof sculpture cast down her chisel.” “ Night ” l' e c jj H tterizes as a statue not rare but unique; and adds,only is there here the repose of one who sleeps, , rt y u oilgrief and regret of one who has lost a great and ' | )llSpossession.” From such elevated materials as tin ^ () pthe selection been made to adorn the ebony cil ’ j s jt(Sthe exhibitors. Wrought by artistic hands, its c *‘*^ |,ybeauty delights the eye, while it elevates the n" .g.referring it back to the source whence the subjectsduced upon it were derived.—W. C. A.]