The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-29 00:00:00

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THE MUSEUM FOR THE PROPINCIAL
SCHOOLS OF ART.
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The authorities at Marlborough House, who stein
bent upon, nnostentatiously but effectively, carrying out
the objects for which they were appointed, have now got
together a small portable museum, Intended for exhibition
in the various provincial towns in which schools of design
have been founded. It will be recollected that immediately
after the Great Exhibition of 1861, the not very muaifieent
sum of 6,0001. was voted by government for the purpose of
purchasing such of its contents as, from the perfection of
their manufacture or the purity of their design, might
serve as models to guide and improve the taste of the art
workmen of this country. Acting upon certain principles,
the commissioners made as many purchases as the
limited amount of money in hand would permit of;
and although the selection made, caused, at the
time, some surprise to the uninitiated public, ex-
perience has since proved that the judgment exercised was
sound, and that the articles developed in their construction
and design principles, the knowledge of which was essential
to the acquirement of a true artistic taste by the pupils of
our schools of design. The collection is necessarily a small,
but is a constantly growing one, munificently strengthened
by the loan of some very rare specimens from her Majesty,
and there is no doubt but that under the experienced guid-
ance and correct taste of Mr. Cole, it will gradually become
a very important agent in the extension of art education
amongst us. The collection has been much visited in
town, but the authorities have wisely thought that its use-
fulness might be much exteaded, if means were found
of bringing it home to the art pupils in different parts
of the country, who have net the means or the oppor-
tunity of visiting the metropolis; and accordingly a neat
portable museum has been formed, and is now
offered to the inspection of the public at Gore House, where
it will remain until the arrangements are complete for its
tour through the provinces. As the catalogue has not yet
been published, any detailed enumeration of the objects
collected would be impossible; but a slight glance at the
more important contents will show that much judgment
has been shown in the selection, and that our provincial
friends who devote themselves to the fine arts as applied to
the practical bnainem of life are likely to be much benefited
by its inspection. Foremost in place, as in value, are the
beautiful specimens of antique Sevres and Chinese porcelain
graciously lent by her Majesty, and exhibiting not only
some of the purest and most graceful forms of which ceramic
materials ate susceptible, but the moat exquisite beauty of
decoration, and the presence of those rare colours which
have been lost to the modern potters' art. One
rue of the celebrated turquoise tint is specially
weetby of admiration, and, when placed beside
sloe equally rare originals from the flowery land
fall, will enable the young designer of the potteries
OD esetrast the triumphs of barbaric art, with the chef-
wi'mwrs of high ;civilisation, and to extract from each the .
principle of excellence which, notwithstanding the widely
divergent circumstances under which they were respectively
'rested, have after all mann both so enduring is their bold
upon public estimation. In the • semi case will also be
dbendfne 'imam in electrotype of some of the best sped.
Mum of the fine work of the Tubal Caine of the middle
ages, a valuable collection of ancient coins and medallions,
mid also souse of the best products of the modern gold-
smith's art. Our old friend, the St. Hubert hunting knife,
Ye apiece in the oolleetims, together with some other
manly artistes, which will be at once recognised as harks
been preeminent objects of curiosity in the Hyde Perk
,(trysts' Palate. Vechte's celebrated shield has been pre-
served inelectretype, together with other modern specimens
of art-workmanship, which show how profitable to our con-
tinental neighbours have been the opportunities they here
enjoyed of studying the middle age master pities of
&Boobs's, Firma, Nuremberg, and Limoges. The wall,
seennessil with the rate products of the Indian loom, which
siA . and excellent
ars some
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shawl diest:lra,
lase
, with
mask whisk cannot fail to be of immense use to the than.
'lnv working population, *specially young females
end sinitin, who are now devoting themselves to that de-
limit. end valuable branch of skilled industry. The impor.
'amildia
hues of' tisteminatiog true principles of design for lice
patterns may be estimated tress the fact, that its production,
together with that of orabenitiesed muslin, a kindred article,
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