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CHAP. Camporesi, in wood. A vase of lazuli te was 
. Vi lL , shewn, as having been found in Herculaneum, 
which is very doubtful. It is common, in col- 
lections of this nature, to attribute the antiqui- 
ties of other cities of Magna Grcecia, and even 
modern alabaster vases, to Herculaneum ; al- 
though every thing found in the excavations 
there be rigidly reserved for the Museum ot his 
Sicilian Majesty. Greek vases, from sepulchres 
in Italy, are very often called Herculanean ; 
but no such works in terra-cotta have yet 
been found there. The rarest antiquities in 
Count Golovkin s Collection were vessels ol 
antient glass, at least twelve inches in diameter. 
There was one of these, standing near a window, 
filled with earth, in which had been planted 
a Dutch tulip ; of course, it was liable to be 
broken every instant. Vases, on which were 
represented subjects illustrating the eailiest 
ages of Grecian History, were seen lying on the 
floor, like the neglected toys of children. No 
person had exceeded the liberality of Count 
Golovkin, in making any addition to his Collec- 
tion; but no one became sooner wearied by pos- 
session. These x.uf/,7)Xic& were therefore rathei 
objects of his caprice than of his study, and 
have probably by this time found their way to 
other cities of Europe. Enormous sums had 
been lavished to procure the black porcelain ol 
