Garden Marbles from Abroad 
might figure as the pivot 
of a large garden scheme. 
This basin, by the way, 
came from the estate of 
Baron de Hirsch, near 
Paris. It seems to have 
been designed for exactly 
the role it now fills. There 
are no disturbing thoughts 
of an incongruous past; its 
thin walls and generally 
patrician aspect declare it 
to have had a career little 
associated with the ordinary 
utilities of life. And how 
rare is the shape! One 
might go far to meet an 
example of equal distinc¬ 
tion. 
Of less architectural in¬ 
terest, but undeniably ef¬ 
fective, is a great scalloped basin made from 
a monolith of pinkish marble taken from 
an estate of the Duchess of Parma. It was 
originally set in the earth, with dolphins 
distributed about its periphery, throwing 
jets of water. 
Old well-curbs, though generally used for 
trees or plants, might often preserve their 
original functions when transferred to an 
American country place. Water could be 
introduced from a spring, or through a pipe, 
so that garden wanderers might quench their 
thirst. Any of the old curbs shown here 
would be suitable for this treatment. In 
From the Tiffany Studios 
A WALL FOUNTAIN 
Upper part neiv 
From the Tiffany Studios 
A TREE-TUB 
With figures in relief 
passing, the reader may note the distinctly 
Byzantine aspect of several of these. The 
same influence is manifest in the handsome 
tree tub from the Adams Gallery in New 
York. 
The simple and well proportioned old 
font, from the Keller Collection, Philadel¬ 
phia, with its base of marbre verte and its 
upper portion of Carrara marble, might find 
an effective place in nearly any formal part 
of an American garden. 
Jardinieres were sometimes made in Ren¬ 
aissance days, in the shape of long narrow 
boxes to stand on balustrades or against 
From the Tiffany Studios 
AN OLD WELL-CURB 
The base modern 
From the H. 0. IVat son Gallery 
A MODERN COPY OF A FLOWER JAR 
IN A FLORENCE MUSEUM 
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