Show u TJ S. S CITIES DIVIDE DRINKING VESSELS BERLIN BERLIN By By The Associated Press The The Metropolitan Museum of New York and the Chicago Institute of Art have acquired In equal parts what experts claim tobe to be e the most fit I. I important private private- collection of Oer- Oer man Bohemian and Dutch glass drinking vessels in the world Known to connoisseurs as the Jacques Collection it consists con con- consists consIsts of pieces dating from the century to the middle of the thc century Among them are a a. goblet dedicated to the Dutch paInter winter Jan Steen and signed 1676 the he first known piece of German cut glass of 1592 a unique covered ered goblet decorated with gold and col col- colors colors col- col colors ors Inserted between two layers of glass lass made in Bohemia in 1730 and anda andi a i beaker given by Frederick the Great to the French poet Voltaire A series ules of enameled tankards tumblers and 2nd Jugs of the highest quality represents the German re renaissance re- re renaissance and baroque styles at their best jest and German experts are arc unan- unan unanImous unanimous in saying that this is the choicest collection of its kind in existence It was sold By Dr Hans Werner son of the collector to the present American owners o for |