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ments the back of the watch, represents in its bud, blossom, decay, and death, the four
corresponding stages of human life. On one-half the margin, around the back, is en-
graved, on blue enamel—" Man cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down;" on the other—
" It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory." The dial represents, in enamel, the rose-
window of Westminster-abbey. The twelve hours show the names of the twelve apostles:
on the bezil that holds the glass is engraved, in blue enamel—"He that taketh not his
cross daily, is not worthy of me." Another lesson on the flight of time is more elegantly,
because less formally, indicated in the design of Mr. Bell's Clock-case, which shows, in
bas-relief, the hours, from the earliest "day's harbinger," that waits upon the rising of
Aurora, to the latest—
- 'Twixt night and morn,
That marks of Heaven's high-arch the key-stone,"
circling round the enamelled dial of the time-piece, which represents the sun, in the centre
of whose rays is the never-dying Phcenix, the glorious bird that resuscitates itself from
its own funereal pyre. The case is supported by recumbent figures of Day and Night,
which recalled to the travelled spectator the celebrated ones by Michael Angelo, at the
foot of the tomb of Giuliano.de Medice, in the Capella de' Principi, at Plorence: the
whole is surmounted by the figure of Psyche, that lovely personification of the soul, which
most happily typifies the triumph of immortality over time.
We cannot close our remarks on this subject, without noticing the magnificent design,
hy Mr. Adams, of a clock in ormolu, exhibited by Messrs. Howell and James. It repre-
sents the hours circling in graceful dance, Apollo lashing the "fiery-footed steeds" of day;
the Seasons displaying their attributes, and scattering fruits and flowers: the whole sur-
mounted by Jupiter, the eagle at his side, and his sceptre in his hand, regarding with com-
placency the animated groups below.
CHAPTER VI.
WORKS IN PRECIOUS METALS.
ELECTROTYPE—ELK1NGT0N A5TD CO.—TRIUMPHAL VASE—SPOOKS ANT* EORKS—TEA-SERVICE, BT
DURRANT-*MOEEL'S CENTRE-PIECE—ASK OE THE COVENANT, BY BENNETT—ANGELL, HUNT AND
BQSKKLL, LAMBERT AND RAWLlNGS—CENTRE-PIECES—RUSSIAN CANDELABRA—CENTRE-PIECE
EROM MOSCOW, ETC., ETC.
Although we have already, in a former chapter, under the head of Ornamental Silver,
made mention of a vast variety of rare and expensive examples of skill and perfection,
which the worker in precious metals displayed in the Great Exhibition, still so many more
in that fairy palace on every side,
" In rich profusion, caught the eye of Taste,"
that we feel no apology to be necessary to our readers for resuming awhile the gorgeous
description. Indeed, in the department of works in precious metals and jewellery, the
Exhibition was rich to a degree calculated to excite equal wonder and admiration—admi-
ration of the elegance and appropriateness of the designs; wonder at, and, we may add,
respect for the wealth of the manufacturers, and the spirit and liberality with which they
applied that wealth to the public display of the talent of their artists, and the skill of their
ments the back of the watch, represents in its bud, blossom, decay, and death, the four
corresponding stages of human life. On one-half the margin, around the back, is en-
graved, on blue enamel—" Man cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down;" on the other—
" It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory." The dial represents, in enamel, the rose-
window of Westminster-abbey. The twelve hours show the names of the twelve apostles:
on the bezil that holds the glass is engraved, in blue enamel—"He that taketh not his
cross daily, is not worthy of me." Another lesson on the flight of time is more elegantly,
because less formally, indicated in the design of Mr. Bell's Clock-case, which shows, in
bas-relief, the hours, from the earliest "day's harbinger," that waits upon the rising of
Aurora, to the latest—
- 'Twixt night and morn,
That marks of Heaven's high-arch the key-stone,"
circling round the enamelled dial of the time-piece, which represents the sun, in the centre
of whose rays is the never-dying Phcenix, the glorious bird that resuscitates itself from
its own funereal pyre. The case is supported by recumbent figures of Day and Night,
which recalled to the travelled spectator the celebrated ones by Michael Angelo, at the
foot of the tomb of Giuliano.de Medice, in the Capella de' Principi, at Plorence: the
whole is surmounted by the figure of Psyche, that lovely personification of the soul, which
most happily typifies the triumph of immortality over time.
We cannot close our remarks on this subject, without noticing the magnificent design,
hy Mr. Adams, of a clock in ormolu, exhibited by Messrs. Howell and James. It repre-
sents the hours circling in graceful dance, Apollo lashing the "fiery-footed steeds" of day;
the Seasons displaying their attributes, and scattering fruits and flowers: the whole sur-
mounted by Jupiter, the eagle at his side, and his sceptre in his hand, regarding with com-
placency the animated groups below.
CHAPTER VI.
WORKS IN PRECIOUS METALS.
ELECTROTYPE—ELK1NGT0N A5TD CO.—TRIUMPHAL VASE—SPOOKS ANT* EORKS—TEA-SERVICE, BT
DURRANT-*MOEEL'S CENTRE-PIECE—ASK OE THE COVENANT, BY BENNETT—ANGELL, HUNT AND
BQSKKLL, LAMBERT AND RAWLlNGS—CENTRE-PIECES—RUSSIAN CANDELABRA—CENTRE-PIECE
EROM MOSCOW, ETC., ETC.
Although we have already, in a former chapter, under the head of Ornamental Silver,
made mention of a vast variety of rare and expensive examples of skill and perfection,
which the worker in precious metals displayed in the Great Exhibition, still so many more
in that fairy palace on every side,
" In rich profusion, caught the eye of Taste,"
that we feel no apology to be necessary to our readers for resuming awhile the gorgeous
description. Indeed, in the department of works in precious metals and jewellery, the
Exhibition was rich to a degree calculated to excite equal wonder and admiration—admi-
ration of the elegance and appropriateness of the designs; wonder at, and, we may add,
respect for the wealth of the manufacturers, and the spirit and liberality with which they
applied that wealth to the public display of the talent of their artists, and the skill of their