Show MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL IEr GIFT GI Work of Art to be Presented by the thc te I Kaiser Kaser to King Kg Edward London Times Herr Otto Oto teacher at the thi Arts Art and Crafts Craft school here lies lias luls exe a magnificent centerpiece epergne 1 at the express desire and after the de sign of the emperor who ho intends it as ai a gift to King Edward Inthe In he center is i s an enormous sliver silver siver gift top piece one meter In height with a wih dlamater of seventy centimeters made after the model of the famous epergne of ot King Frederick the First in the rc al palace palace Round the centerpiece between chased laurel wreaths runs a circlet with the inscription in English Em William II Il I to t King Edward Edwrd VII VI On both bot sides of ot the circlet are heads beads of lions with wI h lons rings in their jaws to serve as handles The Te base of ot the centerpiece is fully U decorated wil chased and em m bossed work representing acanthus and laurel leaves and arid festoons as is alto also also the stopper of oC the decanter which a represents the kings crown The ten cen en Te stands upon a a wooden adorned with rosettes The entire entre piece lies les between a a curious ar ur of oC corbels shaped grotesque ly with wih embossed floral foral ornamentation Each corbel Is of gilded bronze differ broze r enty cut and ornamented In the cen can ter tar of each ach corbel is Js a upon which are alternately engraved the monogram and arms ars of ot King Edward over Ovel which is the royal crown It is stated that since the thc eighteenth I cen tury tur no such exquisite and artistic workmanship has b s been een seen in Berlin |