Spanish Fork Press | 1905-12-14 | Page 6 | Save That is worth $53,000

VASE THAT 13 WORTH 75000 It IB the Portland Vase and Now In British Museum Another family treasure of great value which has since passed Into the keeping of the nation Is tho Portland vase now exhibited In the British museum mu-seum says the Westminster Gazette This vase comes from Italy and what its ago Is no man knows though It has been proved that In 235 A D It was deposited In a sepulcher under tho Monte del Giano three miles from Rome and Is believed to have contained con-tained the ashes of the Emperor Sev erus But whether or no Pope Urban VIII had It dug up and for more than two centuries It reposed In tho Bar bcrlnl palace at Rome In 17SG tho duke of Portland purchased It from Sir William Hamilton for l00i guineas and deposited it In the British museum muse-um fifteen years later In 1845 a man named Lloyd employed at the museum mu-seum picked up a stone and hurled It In a fit of frenzy at the case which contained the precious relic The vaso was smashed Into hundreds of pieces but with great Ingenuity they were all put together again and as It now stands Is said to bo worth at the very least 15000 pounds