into cryiial of exquisitely minute particles of gold, strewed together in
regular patterns.
In seledting these specimens from the very choice and valuable collec-
tion of Mr. Slade, our chief objedt has been to choose those remarkable
for beauty of form, rather than as exhibiting the curiosities of ancient
Venetian glass-making. The scrolls attached to the firit, and the creit-
ing to the third, are of blue glass, all the reit is of the usual greenish tone,
with the exception of the threads in the filigree bands which are white.
regular patterns.
In seledting these specimens from the very choice and valuable collec-
tion of Mr. Slade, our chief objedt has been to choose those remarkable
for beauty of form, rather than as exhibiting the curiosities of ancient
Venetian glass-making. The scrolls attached to the firit, and the creit-
ing to the third, are of blue glass, all the reit is of the usual greenish tone,
with the exception of the threads in the filigree bands which are white.