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The Tride of the House 
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Two tazze of rock crystal, enamel and 
silver gilt 
The Limpid Loveliness of Rock Crystal 
(Continued from page 23) 
He had been Miss Abastemia’s lover, 
and had been lost at sea on his home¬ 
coming voyage from China. “I am send¬ 
ing you a globe of rock crystal with this 
letter by the Mary Janet,” he wrote, 
"I got it in Canton. They tell all 
sorts of stories about it and say that if 
you look into it for long you will see 
the one you love. So look into it, dear 
Abbie, until I come back.” Mrs. Wynni- 
combe declared that the souls of Abbie 
and John were in that crystal ball. She 
took it home for safe keeping, and then 
they buried it in the grave with Miss 
Abastemia, and not one of the rigid 
congregation seemed to think it at all 
out of the “reg’lar.” That was long, 
long ago. 
Dr. Dee’s Followers 
I do not believe Miss Nuggett ever 
knew of Dr. Dee and his “magic mir¬ 
rors” now reposing in the British Mu¬ 
seum after all the centuries since he 
lived as Queen Elizabeth’s Intelligencer, 
or of any other of the old astrologers 
who made crystal famed as accessory 
to their enchanting business. Were I 
to write of all the lore attached to crys¬ 
tal gazing the pages of a great volume 
would not hold it all. But that some 
hint of these things invests all crystal 
art objects with a greater interest is 
not to be denied, and with myself I 
like to call to mind the many stories 
that have enriched the subject of crys¬ 
tal which one will find in works on 
gems, jewelry and the lapidary’s art. 
The Babylonians knew the secret of 
cutting and of engraving crystal, and 
so did the Greeks, the Egyptians, the 
Etruscans and the Romans. Centuries 
and centuries ago the Chinese were 
adepts in the art of cutting crystal, and 
rock crystal was ever a favorite mate¬ 
rial with them for the display of the 
lapidary’s skill. It has been so too with 
the Japanese. It figures as one of the 
Shippo or Seven Jewels of the legend¬ 
ary Japanese Takaramono, or “Precious 
Things.” The gems of omnipotence 
which one finds so frequently with 
Chinese and with Japanese carvings of 
dragons is often represented by a ball 
of limpid, clear crystal. This Tama, 
or sacred gem symbolizes the spirit of 
the gods and the force controlling the 
ebb and flow of the tide. The crystal 
ball is one of the three objects which 
are placed on the shrines in Shinto tem¬ 
ples, the mirror and the sword being 
the other two. Naturally as great crys¬ 
tals in their native state are rarely met 
with, crystal balls of unusual diameter 
are greatly treasured and great value is 
placed upon them. 
Crystal reliquaries, chalices and like 
ecclesiastical objects were produced in 
crystal by the craftsmen of the Mid¬ 
dle ages, while the artist-lapidaries of 
the Renaissance that followed produced 
crystal objects that have never been 
surpassed for beauty of design and skill 
in cutting. 
Theophilus’ Directions 
It is interesting to turn again to Theo¬ 
philus, there to read what he had to 
say about crystal craft. “Take the 
(Continued on page 80) 
Crystal, gold and enamel cup of 
French workmanship 
