no. 1725. FOX COLLECTION OF SOUVENIRS— CASA VOWICZ. 7 



presenting broad and sail by the deputation to Mr. Fox/' The frame 

 is carved in Russian wood of different qualities and kinds from a 

 design by Col. N. Mussard. The carving was done in twelve days by 

 a Russian peasant, Leontyev. The objects represented on the frame 

 are. from top to bottom, as follows: The Byzantine cross; the chalice: 

 a star on each side; a Russian salt cellar in form of a chair; a loaf of 

 bread; a Russian towel on supporters; the arms of the government 

 of Novgorod: two bears, erect, facing one another, with the emblems 

 of the sea between them and fishes underneath; the dove with an 

 olive branch, and on both sides ears of corn, the emblems of fertility. 

 Height. 57 inches; width, 32| inches. (Plate 5, Cat. No. 255155, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



IS. Silver salver. Finely chased. Engraved with the Russian let- 

 ters "S M G," surmounted by a crown, and the date July 5, 1865. 

 Length, 244 inches; width, 15 inches. (Cat. No. 25516s, U.S.N.M.) 



14- Silver-gilt salt cellar in form of a chair. Chased and open work. 

 Engraved with the Russian letters "S M G," surmounted by a crown, 

 and the date July 5, 1S65. Height, 4^ inches; length, 3| inches; 

 width, 2f inches." (Cat. No. 25>«i3, U.S.N.M.)'' 



15. Portfolio of red velvet, lined inside with yellow moreen silk. In 

 the center of the left cover is set in an oval painting in water colors, 5f 

 inches by 4| inches in size, representing the arms of Kronstadt, the 

 principal naval fortress and port of Russia, consisting of an escutcheon 

 divided into two equal parts {per pale), red on the right side and 

 azure on the left. On the left side is a lighthouse in silver, on the 

 right a black kettle on green. c Above the escutcheon rise the battle- 

 ments of a fortress, surmounted by the imperial arms of Russia. On 

 each side are yellow flags bearing the imperial arms. Height, 2\h 

 inches; width, 16^ inches. (Plate 6, Cat. No. 255175, U.S.N.M.) 



16. Miantonomoh Galop for piano. Dedicated to Capt. G. V. Fox 

 by Ileinrich Fuerstnow, musical director in Pavlovsk. The title page 

 shows the monitor Miantonomoh with the American flag. Pages 8, 

 quarto, in portfolio of blue velvet, with gold pressing, lined with 

 white moreen silk. Height, 13f inches; width, 11 inches. (Cat. No. 

 255645, U.S.N.M.) 



17. Popuri iz Amertkansk'ikh iianulnylch pyesney. (Potpourri of 

 American songs.) Arranged for grand orchestra by Frederick Lund, 

 musician of the imperial orchestra. Manuscript, pages 27, quarto, 



« Distinguished visitors and guests are welcomed in Russia with bread and salt, the 

 "staff of life," as emblems of hospitality. 



t> These two vessels were probably used for the presentation of bread and salt. 



c It is said that Peter the Great, at the time of the founding of Kronstadt, picked up 

 a broken iron kettle on the island, where it had been left probably by fishermen, and 

 in commemoration of the circumstance gave it to the new city for its arms. 



