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vase; in the first press articles of a similar origin, and majolica
from Urbino and other Italian manufactories, chiefly purchased by
N. Tessin (p. 324) in Italy at the end of the 17th cent. The next
11 large cases contain French, Dutch, German, and Swedish
pottery and porcelain, pottery from the Lower Rhine (Kreussen
and Siegburg), and Wedgwood ware. The eight smaller cases,
standing between the larger ones, contain porcelain from Meissen
(Dresden), Vienna, Berlin, Capo di Monte, the Hague, Amsterdam,
Niederweiler, Frankenthal, Xymphenburg, Rörstrand, Marienberg,
Derby, Copenhagen, St. Petersburg, Sevres (påte tendre), etc.
Room II. Chinese and Japanese porcelain, including a
specially fine collection of the Japanese Chrysanthemum-Peony
porcelain, so-called after its flower-patterns, and of Japanese
crackle-ware (with purposely cracked and scratched glaze), lacquered
vases, and vessels with European patterns (Swedish coats of arms).
Room III. The Collection of Sculptures (catalogue 50 ö.) begins
here. This room contains Antiques, chiefly busts of the Roman
imperial epoch, most of them being portraits (66. Bust of
Apollo-doros, an Athenian, with a Greek inscription, curious). Then:
45. Colossal bust of Venus. The gem of the collection is in the
centre: *1. Sleeping Endymion, in Parian marble, excavated in
Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli in 1783, and purchased by Gnstavus III.
— Handsome Candelabra (180,181) and a fine Marble Vase (184).
Also a collection of vases and small antiques.
Room IV. Bronzes’, chiefly modern copies. Among the few
Renaissance works here is, in the centre, No. 352. Psyche borne
by three Amoretti (from Prague, supposed to be a work of the
school of A. de Vries’).
Room V. The principal Antiques are exhibited here. They
are all in the Graeco-Roman style of the empire, and many of them
are marred by restoration. Nos. 3-12. Apollo Citharoedus and the
Nine Muses (Nos. 8 & 10 particularly good); 2. Athena; 201-221.
Greek Tombstones ; 228-236. Roman Tombstones. In the centre :
*107. Fountain, with an interesting relief relating to Romulus and
Remus; 179. Handsome Rhyton (drinking-vessel) in marble.
Room VI., a large saloon containing Casts , with a fine view
from the windows. (The following rooms also command good views.)
Room VII. Casts of works of decorative art.
Room VIII. Modern Swedish Sculptures.
Nos. 357-372. Johan Tobias Sergel (1740-1S14; founder of the Swedish
school of sculpture; in the centre, 359. Psyche and Cupid, his master-piece;
362. Colossal bust of Gustavus III. (to whose court the sculptor was
invited) ; 373-376. Erik Gustaf Gölhe (1779-1S3S); 377-3S9. Johan Niklas
Byström (17S3-1S4S; a pupil of Sergei); 390, 391, 395, 396. Bengt Erland
Fogelberg (1786-1854); 397. Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (1S10-67); 769.
Kjellberg ; 398-4U1. Johan Peter Molin (1S14-73); several works by J. Börjesson.
No. 403. Hylas, by Bissen, a Dane; 404. Magdalena, by Ant. Novelli of
Florence (d. 1662); 604. Copy by A. Gille of a colossal bust of Alexander
von Humboldt by David d’Angers.
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