508 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



Vescovers, Jacob Frans. Born in the 

 Netherlands; died in England in 1744. 

 Was long active in Rome. Carved small 

 figures and vases, which he sold so 

 well in England that he settled there. 



Vever, . In Paris Exposition of 



1889 "Pandora," of ivory combined 

 with gold, enamel, and precious stones. 



Vibert, Alexandre. Born at Epinay- 

 sur-Orge. Pupil of Robert and Fre- 

 miet. In Salon of 1907, bust "Laure 

 de Nives," of bronze and ivory. 



ViGNE, P. DE. Exhibited in Antwerp 

 Ex-position, 1894; in Brussels Exposi- 

 tion, 1897, a head of Psyche. 



ViLLERME, Joseph. Of Saint-Claude 

 (dept. Jura). Seventeenth century. 



ViNCKENBRiNK, Albert. Bom in 1600; 

 died in 1664. Low rehefs, biblical 

 and mythological figures. No work 

 certainly known at present. 



ViNcoTTE, Thomas. Sculptor. Born in 

 Antwerp, January 8, 1850. Exhibited 

 in Antwerp Exposition, 1894. 



Vinderbrink, . Born at Speren- 



dam, Holland, in 1680. City sculptor 

 in Amsterdam. 



ViTAL-CoRNU, Charles. Born in Paris. 

 Pupil of Jouffroy. In Salon, 1904, 

 "Venus Victorieuse," statuette of 

 ivory and precious stones. 



VoGTLE, A. W., of EsslLngen. Exhibited 

 in Paris Exposition of 1900. 



VoYEZ, Jean. Designed for Wedgewood 

 about 1768. 



Vreux, G. de. "Aphrodite-Chrysis" in 

 Brussels Exposition of 1897. 



VuiLLERMET. "Herculcs struggling with 

 Nemaean Lion," in Musee Galliera, 

 1903. 



Wagner, Georges. Born in America 

 (Paris?). Pupil of Dimiont. In Salon, 

 1903, "Princess Lointaine" and "Por- 

 trait de la Princesse L. de X.," statu- 

 ettes in silver, ivory, precious stones, 

 etc.; in Salon, 1905, four statuettes in 

 bronze patine and ivory, as follows: 

 "Vierge a I'enfant," "Danseuse grec- 

 que," "Salome," and "Phryne." 



Walpurger, J. B., of Berlin. Statuette 

 of Frederick the Great with two grey- 

 hoimds, 1824; evidently after group 

 by G. Schadow. 



Watson, . Exhibited in Antwerp Ex- 

 position, 1894. 



Weber, of Heidelberg. Geisslingen school. 



Weckhardt (Weckher), Georg, of Mu- 

 nich. Culled to court of Elector 



Augustus of Saxony from 1578 a3 

 court turner. Cups, pokals, etc., in 

 Grline Gewcilbe, Dresden. He seems 

 to have then gone to Berlin, an artist 

 of this name being mentioned as re- 

 siding there in 1630; his sons remained 

 in Dresden and worked for Elector 

 Johann Georg I. 



Weigerle, Heinrich. Born at Schleer- 

 bach. Pupil of Franceschi. In Salon, 

 1908, "L'Invitation," statuette of 

 bronze and ivory. 



Weissenfels, H., of Dresden. Fauns and 

 nymphs, "Morning" and "Evening." 



Werner, , of Heidelberg. 



Werner, J. H. Designed "Die Sonne"; 

 court jeweller in Berlin. 



Weyn, J. "Snake Charmer," in Brussels 

 Exposition, 1897. 



WiLLMANN, Ph., of Erbach school. 



Winkler, , of Furth. 



WoLFERS, P. H. Exhibited in Antwerp 

 Exposition, 1894; also in Turin Ex-po- 

 sition a "Juno" in ivory, silver, 

 gilt, marble, enamel, and precious 

 stones. 



Xavery, Jean Baptiste. Bom in Ant- 

 werp, March 30, 1697; died in The 

 Hague, July 19, 1752, as court sculptor. 

 "Faun and Fauness" shown in Retro- 

 spective Exposition at Amsterdam, 

 1883. 



Zeller, Jakob. Probably of Deutz (ac- 

 cording to' another accoimt he was a 

 Hollander). Probably son of Pan- 

 kraz Zeller of Regensburg, who was in 

 the service of the Saxon court from 

 1583. In the Grline Gewblbe there 

 is a frigate of ivory dated 1620; on the 

 keel is inscribed the genealogj- of the 

 Saxon reigning family; pedestal with 

 Neptune and tritons; the rigging is of 

 gold and the armament consists of 32 

 golden cannon. This work was valued 

 at 3,000 thalers in 1654. 



ZicK, David. Died in 1777. Trinity 

 rings cut out of a single piece of ivory. 

 This type of ring was first made by 

 Stefan Zick. 



ZicK, Lorenz. Born in Niu-emberg in 

 1594; died in 1666; son of Peter Lo- 

 renz. Taught Emperor Ferdinand 

 III in 1643 in Vienna. Made pokals; 

 then, his special invention, the so- 

 called counterfeit boxes (on principle 

 of Chinese magic balls) one within 

 the other, from a single piece of 

 ivory. 



