. Memories of an old collector . ntlemen have been trainedin the Tyszkiewicz school. They know a goodthing when they see it, and are prepared topay down a big price. But they do not al-ways succeed. They were very near getting thesilver treasure of Bosco Reale. They had infact purchased two of the smaller specimens,which they afterwards presented to the Louvre,just as the British Museum purchased from the AN OLD COLLECTOR 189 same find the beautiful silver bust of the EmpressAntonia. Among the purchases made by the BritishMuseum are a handsome gold crown of Greekworkmanship, two Greek painted
. Memories of an old collector . ntlemen have been trainedin the Tyszkiewicz school. They know a goodthing when they see it, and are prepared topay down a big price. But they do not al-ways succeed. They were very near getting thesilver treasure of Bosco Reale. They had infact purchased two of the smaller specimens,which they afterwards presented to the Louvre,just as the British Museum purchased from the AN OLD COLLECTOR 189 same find the beautiful silver bust of the EmpressAntonia. Among the purchases made by the BritishMuseum are a handsome gold crown of Greekworkmanship, two Greek painted vases of the bestage, and several bronzes, among which is a mirrorhaving an incised design of a youth and maidenseated at a backgammon board {duodecivi scriptawas the Latin name), she remarking, I shall con-quer you {devincam ted), and he replying, Ithink so (ppinor). PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON University of British Columbia Library DUE DATE ftf*^ - n •■FTTi ^r ! ■?-* •■ •-«^- FORM 310. P: feic X p ft 8 8 S 8 8 S Q a B s m» a ss»
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