, 1876-06-19


rlpfs WAS rcrDgni2cti at VfGnHn. and several In
ychtors or lea'liny manufacturers, wlr'sc wnrh
waf considered advantageous 10 the human ratr,
wcrc I,unprc,t with decorations by the Emperor.
or course We have no decorations to give, but n
diploma can tnkc Its place, and tli!s fs probably
what will cofHc about.
THE Bnt1Isn CERAMICS.
the Itei SM r rerns!rs sfn n tho % SnIn ,us # s"oni on
nsstetatcd with potscsics and tilcs, vases ami
plates, bricks anu tcrra-e1ttn work, Rtatutttes
anil 'lraitl-plpes, AMI many oslrr thnga OF Tint
f1, fT a. hnnr T. or . S,s tro ~ sFo nearly
nf ihc displays arc very la1Ee, you tan readily
Ia very fully, occupied. SOME OF the
r1bitofs ;' coftlno themselves .ao.. to prsc.
stables mud cellars, r'Ilge-roohng md drainage:
tiles, copitgR, fu1tpatls, Ecwcr-tcnttlators, and
yHrlnus Kinds Ut bricks aud crlcIblus for fur
Daets. The exhibit of these things Is very iargc
md varied, so TINT unc ean fltNf whatever he
wants. and lie will mt be slow to concct!e that
England is fur ahead Of oil uthcr nations fn
practical ceramic act, A long TING ago, 1Inl'and
!ci the van alnong thu ''atons of Europe, and
her work In still 5aHi0ilf, nhl brings very high
prize. She imported her ciay fr''m England,
lt,l hcnt |. bAch III tbc form Uf ware. Some.
body happut,ed to hit on the ttlea u making
tllrsc thnEs IN England; anu 80 work1nen were
sGnt over to lcnrh the hrt, md other woEkineIi
wurc in,portcl from Holland to teach tie Ell
elishmci, at home. In course u time England
could uncrEc!l I1ullanl M alc was uNlcr no
c1pc,,se fnT tie transportation uf The clay necd-
time relied nn, md now her t,tteses e;tn pro-
t!ure better work than tho 1lolundcrs ever tried
TO do.
11nUsE11oLD-WARR
Il abundant, h1iu tho hare enumeration OF the
articles exhibited would fill couIuIl al least,
nll,l porllul,s two IF them, HI rtffAn from
naming them. The celebrated Doulton warr
abou!I,B, and you can pick out nnythinE you
T.,
Ynso lArgc enough to hold boy 70 years old.
There nrc qurenswarc, md sttlncwaTc, and all
sorts o{ wnrc; ant very pretty y nll r. whether
plain nr ornamental. One H'nd result uf thG
IN the stea'ly. progrcss which Il made In the
allornmcnt IT articles tntcntlcsl for household
msc. Every year brings ont hundreds Of tastc-
f.l designs, and there l. freshness und n,vclty
unchanging figures Of titc Dutch patterns Of the
oden tilne. Some time nED devoted 1'art Of
letter 10 Il description VI SONG Of our Art
Schools III Amerlca; We may hope bcforr Inany
lux, and sl.ow School of Art, which, shall be
purely American. We have made good progress
In the few years VIC have been at thu work. atd
who vii, deny tlut VIC cnn.pt beat NIL creation
whom Ye put Nllr minds K, the HUrkf
DECORATIVE rOTTEEY.
When We come to. decorative pottery, wc find
hut n few cxhhtor@!n the English Department;
but these few hAyr made soii!c magnificent dtS-
plays. VASES of must exquisite finish md dell.
tatG tIeRign arc BfiuNn; and in one case-that u
4. B. Daillcll & Son, Of LoNl",l--thcFcis IL pair
Of vases for which GW gufneas wcrc, pall-over
$3U00 tn guild. These vases nrc inatlc ly clTl-
pus process, which wua Invented IN 6cvrcs,
France, some twenty ycars agp, aud slas sinec
been Improved. They are painted with Iilnid
clfnn up,'n china 6ustacc which llas bGcn par.
tInlly bAkcts,-tlsc lIuhl china being used III
stead Of color. 1t is put IN myers with IL
brllsl, and the n"list mus. work. Us It werc. III
| the dark, since the llqul makes hardly any
etun md the dr6igu is nDthtny nn're ttlan II blur
| uutlt The yasr IL {it I'll The oven anl subMitte cd
to tts final baking. Nothing ran te changed
then, anil, tn fact, nothing can be changed ut
any time nftur the substance Il laid on.
rho figures on the VASES shown here
great deal more cs'as'y, as there nrc
| kind Of work. III the usual prnccss employed
fur the Scvrcs wares, tic tlgurcs nru nln.ie hy
repeated ilrngs hut, III this ease, It IL all done
| at once. The sahle process Is employed for
| euOrci claya.
There Is IN endless variety Of vases, platcs,
nnH other thillgs, III ynrInrs styles OF oEtntien'
tatiun There arc beautiful specimens OF Ma
jolica-wasc; anil there Is rase full Of Fnietlcc
! ware of the Henri II. style, in incrstcd clays.
| III these, the patturn Is cut upon The surface
! Will. very llEe steel point, then the cEloretl
slays arc carefully rnbbc'l IN, md tue vase 90. ot
bowl n fired In Il f.lrnacc There are solnt very
pretty stutucttcs III tcrrn-cottg; md there are
sotne handsome limitations Of Florentino mo
sales, 40 prrfcct tint It Is not casy to dctect
the difference from tile genntllt.. On the wholc,
| the English collection OF reratnirs IL excellent,
| and should he marked n the nntr-book uf every
! intending yisltur to the Exhibition. T. W. L.