Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1929, Page 4

RARE WORK OF ART ONVIEWINCAPITAL Engraved Bust of Queen Vie- toria as Young Lady in Private Collection. I* JESSIE G. BEACH. Art has varying degrees of refinement which manifest themselves in different ways. One artist may excel with vas and brush, another may reach the height of his genius with the etcher's point. Still another may realize the climax of his art in simple relief or deep carving. It is this rare ability that is exemplified in a deeply engraved bust of Queen Victoria, as a young lady, executed in a three-eighths-inch square, cornflower blue sapphire, which recently came to Washington and is now in the private art collection of Mr. C. Calusd, 1518 Connecticut avenue. Of all the beautiful objects in nature that appeal ot the imagination few hold & more prominent place in art mythol- ogy and poetry than the gem stone. Gems are the bright colored and bril- llant objects in the inorganic world that may pleasantly be compared with the butterfiiles and hummingbirds of the animal kin%sdom. Since the earliest time, scientists say, man has carved these precious objects for personal adornment. Gem carving was known to the Babylonians thousands of years before Christ. The early Egyptians used them profusely and in China the origin of jade cutting is lost in the mist of antiquity. Love for Carved Stones Continues. Down through the ages has come this Jove for carved stones, and a great variety of materials as well as styles of carvings has been employed. Be- cause of its extreme hardness, how- ever, the sapphire is rarely carved, a fact which adds all the more to the in- terest of this beautifully carved stone which, gem experts of both New York and Washington say, is perhaps not only the smallest deep engraving extant, but in quality one of the rarest of all known sagphires. Although the bust itself is so delicately engraved that, one unaware, its vaguest outline escapes the attention of the natural eye, far more delicate is the surrounding inscription—top, Re- gina; left side, Victoria, and right side, Briton—which, as one would naturally expect, is legible only under high mag- nification. In legend and fable the cornflower biue color characteristic of a valuable sapphire has long been emplematic of deep affection and, as Mr. Calusd re« marked, it may have been this urge that occasioned the carvingfor, al- though the date of the engraving, the artist's name and, in fact, the slightest detail regarding the creation of this unique plece of art have been hope- lessly lost, the deep admiration of the artist for the young queen is clearly re- flected in refinement of workmanship. Serves as Token of Affection. ‘Whether or not it was originally in- tended as a token of affection, the stone has twice since served that pur- pose. “It was my father's custom as & collector of rare art,” Mr. Calusd ex- plained, “to make frequent journeys from his home in Bucharest to Con- stantinople, where, during his visits to the Sultan’s palace, he frequently had the opportunity of purchasing rare ex- amples of Turkish art. About 50 years ago my father bought this uniquely- carved sapphire from a member of the | ‘Turkish royal family, but for some un- known reason, falled to ascertain whether' it was a Turkish carving or perchance had been brought from some foreign land. So satisfying was the carving to my father’s artistic nature, however, that of all his art lons he selected this as the choicest specimen to pre- sent as a love token to my mother. ‘The carving again served as a token of deep affection when, several years later, my mother presented it to me, then’ & young man, in appreciation of my recognition as an artist, seve of my paintings having been purchased by the Queen of Rumania for that coun- try’s national gallery of art.” Held as Heirlool “Since coming into our fi Calusd added, “this stone ily,” Mr. never been for sale, but has been held as a||i precious heirloom, to which it would be difficult to attach even an approxi- mate value.” Mr. Calusd has made no effort to display this stone in Washington, and it is only in the interest of art and in response to the urge of his friends that he has agreed to show it privately, by special appointment, to those suffi- clently interested. 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Bower- | WLLIAVSTORACE N SHTE OF TESTS Will Enter Schneider Cup|®! Events Even if No.Take-off Is Made in U. S. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Aviation Editor of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 14—As a result of delay, caused chiefly by ad- verse weather, which has prevented flight tests of his Mercury racing plane, Lieut. Alford J. Willlams has decided to enter the ship in the Schneider trophy races in England, September 6 and 7, regardless of the outcome of pro- ‘Williams expects to leave the United States for England between August 20 and 24. He hopes to be able to com- plete at least three trial flights and then put the ship over a speed course at Kent Island before leaving. Stift Breeze Blowing. Although he waited until dark yes- terday, conditions were unfavorable, fol- lowing & series of thunderstorms which swept around Annapolis. This morning a fairly stiff breeze is whipping ug the water of the Severn River, and Lieut. Willlams was standing by waiting for the wind to die down before even or- dering the ship to be uncovered. ‘Willlams is confident that his, as yet, untried plane will have a performance at least equal to that of British racing planes now undergoing their tests in Should continued bad weather prevent man_(right) is making the presentation to Mr. Frick (left). In the foreground are Mr. Frick’s two granddaughters, Francis and Mary Kirby.—Star Stafl Photo. flight, tests of the ship here, Lieut. Wil- liams believes that he will have time for | CHIEF LIBRARY ENGINEER HONORED BY FELLOWS Charles F. Frick Presented With Radio as Tribute Prior to Retirement. Charles F. Frick, for the past 27 years chief engineer of the District of Co- lumbia Public Library, was presented with a radio set today in token of the friendship and esteem of his fellow em- ployes, who wished to pay him tribute prior to his retirement September 13. The presentation was made by Dr. George F. 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