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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 5, 9 March 1866, Page 1

FOR THE GREY AND HOKITIKA. \ mHE ' KENNEDY ' for the GREY H AM, X and HOKITIKA, will LEAVE (positively) on SATURDAY, 10th -^^^^^►inst, at 11 a.m. ' For freight or passage, apply to <i I r { l NATH- EDWARDS & CO., : ■_ Agents. Nelson, Bth March, 1566. " 3 IMPORTANT SALE OP SUPERIOR MARBLE, AGATE, AND ■ ■'• - ALABASTER STATUARY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14. : At Eleven o'clock. MR. J. J. HORNBY has been instructed by the Proprietors, Signori G. Del Colombo and L Veroli (wTid'have just landed from Italy via London), to SELL by "AUCTION, on the Premises of Messrs. N. ! Edwards and Co., Trafalgar-street, on WEDNESDAY, March 14, at Eleven o'clock,^, large and splendid assortment of superior MARBLa, AGATE, and ALABASTER STATUARY, as follows, viz. :— ' Eich and elaborately-carved Bardiglis Marble, Agate, Yellow Sienna, Vente, Antique, and Brocatelio Vases, in .various styles, as the Hebe, Etruscan, Medicis,- Grecian, Gothic, Florentine, Neapolitan, Pompeii, and Horculaneum designs, splendidly carved, in Alto-relievo and Basso-re-lievo, suitable for the decoration of Entrance Halls, Drawing-rooms, Mantelpieces, Libraries, etc., etc. Openwork Vases for fioweTs, Vestal Temples, rich profusion of carved Tazzas, Urns, Card Receivers, ornamented with grapes and vine leaves; also elaborately handled Card Baskets, carved out of solid marble ; Fountains, Pedestals, Bas- j kets with relievo figures, Watch Cases, inlaid I Jewel Cases, Boxes, Marble Lions, Candlesticks, Groups, Animals, and a large variety of similar articles of a descriptive and useful character. STATUARY OF CARRARA MARBLE, BACH FIGURE FOUR FEET HIGH."; . y: .y~ I Alabaster and Marble Statuary, consisting of Venus of Canova, Cleopatra by Bartolini, Hebe of Canova, Orfannella by Lindi, Jaffo Diana, Fisher Boy, Apollo, Giardiniera, Cupid and Psyche, Venus in shell, Three Graces after Canova', Madonna of Fenerani, the Prayer of Pamfratoni, Group of Fidelity, Busts of Dante, 1 Petrarch, Metastasi, and Tasso, and other classicaV figures, etc., etc.; etc. The above goods have been selected with great care by Signori G. Del Colombo and L. Veroli, from the great studios of Italy. In calling attention to the above sale, the Auctioneer can confidently assert, that New Zealand connoisseurs have never had so favorable an opportunity of obtaining articles of taste, elegance, and utility. This superb collection of art will be open on Monday, next, and the Nelson public are invited to inspect the same 1 (ladies in particular), and make their selections, as the' whole will be sold WITHOUT the SLIGHTEST RESERVE. Terms cash. Catalogues are in course of preparation. Commercial Auction Mart, Bridge-street, March 5. 54 A LARGE Portrait, or Cartes de Visite, of- the late Superintendent may be obtained from VV. DAVIS, Photographer and Colorist, Hardy-st. 56 NELSON INSTITUTE EXHIBITION. mHE EXHIBITION IS OPEN DAILY, from J_ 11 a.m. till. 5 p.m., and in the Evening from ,7 till 9. . Price's of Admission : — Single Tickets, Is. ; Children, 6d. Season Tickets, ss. ; ditto, for families^ 10s. 6d. 4 ' Hon. Sec. . FOR HIRE. LADIES & GENTLEMEN'S SADDLE HORSES Also, a HORSE and TSAP 'Apply to THOMAS ASKEW, Bridge Street. 74 TTPHOLSTERING. -^- Upholstering in.' all its ...Ul.vbranches at.the Upholstering and .Furnishing ' Rooms, opposite the Bank Hotel, Hardy-et. a o