cup of the variety usually called Lowestoft, but really made in China for the European market, is reputed to have been used by Prince Charles Edward, "the Young Chevalier", when he passed a night at Kingsburgh on the Isle of Skye in 1746. A plain English ring standing near the cup, with a model of a sailing boat, is engraved, "Lady Hamilton to Horatio Nelson, 1795," an inscription which makes any further explanation unnecessary. The two Cases A and B contain 158 SNUFF-BOXES Cases A, B of French, English, German, and Russian workmanship made at various times throughout the eighteenth century. Many of these boxes are superbly jeweled and are further ornamented with miniatures of high merit by Cosway, Isabey, and others, vying in splendor of material and workmanship with the carnets de bal at the other end of the room. Personages famous in history were the original owners of many of the pieces; among them, Napoleon I, Catharine II, Maria Theresa, George IV, Maréchal Lefebvre, and the King of Sardinia. One crystal box is lined with Marie Antoinette's hair and was a gift from the queen to the Comte d'Artois. Many of these elegant bijoux are signed by jewelers famous in their time. In another case (D) in the center of the room is the Case D Morgan collection of carnets de bal, the extravagantly splendid DANCE PROGRAMMES in vogue just before the French Revolution. These tiny objects, which contain always a little ivory tablet, a pencil, and Case E sometimes other minute implements, are among the most exquisite vanities of the time, their manufacture having involved an extraordinary skill, together with the use of the most expensive materials. This collection of these dance programmes is unique. In Case E is an important assemblage of the small ENAMELS ON COPPER made after 1750 at York House, Battersea. The pieces include snuff-boxes, patchboxes, étuis, and jeweled caskets made chiefly in imitation of Continental models, but possessing in their bright and varied colors, in their bold and sometimes irresponsible brush work, a characteristic English quality. The marbles in the two gilded cases standing on the commode at either end of the north wall are the work of ÉTIENNE- MAURICE FALCONET (1716-1791), who is noted for the exquisite suavity of his small sculptures which he intended largely as mantel ornaments. Nine of these graceful marbles of FALCONET'S are placed throughout this portion of the exhibition. |