. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Mat 2, 1912. The Weekly Florists^ Review* 111 Q. Have you read our full page advertisement, with price list and liberal special discounts for mail orders, which appeared in the Special Easter Number (March 28) of this magazine? Write for Special Discounta on mail orders and for circulars telling what our patrons say about our wares. THE IMT. GILEAD POTTERY COMPANY MT. QILEAD, OHIO. Tales of Ancient Pottery. One of the most noted pieces of ancient pottery Is the Portland Vase or sepulchral urn. It was discovered in the 17th century in a tomb three m
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Mat 2, 1912. The Weekly Florists^ Review* 111 Q. Have you read our full page advertisement, with price list and liberal special discounts for mail orders, which appeared in the Special Easter Number (March 28) of this magazine? Write for Special Discounta on mail orders and for circulars telling what our patrons say about our wares. THE IMT. GILEAD POTTERY COMPANY MT. QILEAD, OHIO. Tales of Ancient Pottery. One of the most noted pieces of ancient pottery Is the Portland Vase or sepulchral urn. It was discovered in the 17th century in a tomb three miles from Rome. The colors are a deep dark blue, almost black ground, on which the designs were cut from a layer of opaque white glaze in cameo style. The subject represented never has been satis- factorily determined. The vase is thus de- scribed at a sale in 1786: "The most cele- brated antique vase or sepulchral urn; from the Barberini cabinet at Rome. It is the identical urn which contained the ashes of the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus and bis mother Mammaea, which was deposited in the earth 235 years after Christ and was dug up by order of Pope Urban VIII between 1623 and 1644 A. D. "The materials of its composition emulate onyx, the grounds a rich dark amethystine color, and the snowy figures which adorn It are in bas-relief of work- manship above all enco- mium, and such as cannot but excite In us the highest Idea of the arts of the an- cients. Its dimensions are 9% inches high and 21% inches in circum- ference. It is valued at more than a thou- sand pounds. Beautiful and perfectly satis- factory copies of this vase were made by Josiah Wedgewood in 1781, one of which sold in 1872 for 180 pounds. "The original has had a remarkable his- tory; while on deposit in the British Museum in the year 1845 a young student, who was one of the visitors, while in a delirious con- dition hurled a stone which broke the vase into fragments. It was placed in the hands of
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