The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-06
Great Britain's Elaborate Display
at the Centennial.
WHY SHE SHOWS SUCH INTEREST IN TIE EXHIBITION
The Relative Excellence Of American
and British Goods.
A Walk Through the British
Section.

Degns 10 DO evident that no foreign nation Is snow
Ing great patriotic interest in the Centennial Exh
bon ms Great Britain. Certainly will make more
determined efforts TO have thoroughly representative
exhibit. Her Commissioners feel that English
manufacturers have peculiar for cxhausting
their resources in the display ut Philadelphia Eng
land that she is In danger Of losing the
control of markets whore she has long rcigned alone.
Al all o-cnts American manufacturers will dispute her
supremacy and the Philadelphia Exhibition will be the
battle ground or tho friendly STRIFE In which will BIO
settled tho important commercial question whether
not America successfully compete with Great
Britain in many branches OF manufacture
ENGLAND SURPRISING HERSELF
in tho character OF tho goods she sending for display
Her exhibit though not large Will be liner than shc
has before made at Worlds Fair 1t has been
collected aud examined with the utmost care and for
thoroughness and excellence will be magnificent in
dustria triumph Mr. Archer and his colleagues OF the
British Commission do not In the least boast Of their
work On the contrary they are automatically re-
served; but in their logged English way they have
quietly achieved collection which cannot but win tho
admiration of the world. About seven-clghths OF tho
British colonial exhibits have arrived IN this
country. Many the articles are still In boxes and
cases which have not been unpacked or opened. But
quito a number ready for exhibition; and enough
the collection be to justify tho highest
ticipations of its wealth and variety
BUiLDiS0
In tho main building nearly one-q quarter OF tho entire
floor space assigned Great Britain and her colo
niesGreat Britain having ST. 776 square feet Canada
o. O70S and Australasia, India and other colonies
24,070S Tho British section extends from the central
transept Of the main building nearly to the west wall
OF the building, Italy, Norway and Sweden occupying
between them about 80, 900 square feet the west
or course would be Impossible give present any
thing ike detailed description of the British display
do justice TO the goods already in position
there in the space Of single newspaper article; but
it is instructive to rambe through tho British
and note the prominent Objects passing by the
nnumorabo articles less conspicuous by their position
or their novelty. English workmen are busIly engaged
ON all Sides Exhibitors and their assistants
packing boxes cabinet makers and oincrs putting
NJ cases. and confusion and noise prevail all sides
easy examine critically pause long 10
admire piece of nns pottery or molaI work without
being artisans way ana being told SO, rather
| bluntly In an odd sort OF accent
soxnRE SHOWCASES.
| The first popularity an American observes when be
reads upon British ground is that the showcases sug
gest establishments where mourning goods sold
| in this country. Tho woodwork is invariably OF a
solemn black. Sometimes there is delicate gilt bor-
| der; few cases are richly decorated with gilt and
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| introduced. When tho filled thor sombrc
color probably affords the best contrast TO tho goods
within, but when they empty the eoct OF so maay
tall gaunt ohjects--for OF them arc upright-is
much the same q visit to largo undcrtakers shop
where the collins kept standing on end When one
becomes accustomed TO this darkness Of color II Is
found be rcstul 10 the eye and Infinitely better
| taste than tho majority Of the In tho American
department The British solid, substantial
and OF chaste design, while those being put up by
our cxhbitors-oiten moro expensive and made Of
tho finest notified walnut and polished woods--aro
| generally too iorid In ornamentation British cxhb-
tors say that the from their country all
made by three famous houses in London. who make u
specially OF manufacturing handsome work OF this
kind.
/ porL1oS WARE
The largest single space allotted in the British sec
ton is that OF I. H. Doulton Co., OF lambeth man.
ufacturers Of tho pottery universally called ''Douton
ware" Their stands cover 5000 square iceL Nearly
all their goods ready THIS establishment, which
famous throughout the world for It's tine work, sends
one Of the choicest collections Of ALL and certainly tho
| finest in its peculiar line. Tho famous group OF
America in terra GOTTA is to be placed in the centre
OF the Gallery. Il has arrived and unpacked
but has yet boon up OF It's thousands fragile
parts injured, carefully packed for
transportation Another OF these exhibits beauti-
full dolphin fountain Of deliberately Douton
ware which has been placed In position in the
avenue Of tho main building II lis ten feet high and
| or beautiful design. Divided into n number Of sepa-
rate groups manufacturing and domestic stoncwarc
One group Is OF large jars. surmounted by monster
holding 260 galons another 10 for chemical and scen-
,inc ware; and another for plumbers and sanitary
goods A huge sesmcnta sewer Pipe, nearly five feet
In diameter inside which be taken apart like the
lor~ t. ala -
collection however arc In the art work--ornamontal
china and pottery designed not only for the table and
door panels, man,cls, furniture and walls
There 1900 different specimens OF
these alone. THIS exhibition Of Doulon ware,
showing tho many articles which be made OF pot
terry and china and the innumcrablc aud orna
mcnts It can be put TO, will certainly 10 Of tho
great features ofths British display.
WORK
Another prominent object is tho line metal work OF
Ellington Co, where, in space OF much less than
200 square feet goods valued a. $500 600 ID gold
| Thesc handsome articles VIII face upon the central
rotunda IN tho most conspicuous part OF the building
Their aciahbors are the cases Of A. Daniel & Son.
who exhibit costly and elaborate ornamental
| CHINA WORK,
whose goods were among the first to be in position
Porcelain and earihenwarc are also exhibited by T. g
Brown, wes,head, Moore a Co.. from Haney stafford
and others. Nav 4 Co, OF Broseley, sianordshirc'
have very pretty structure OF cncaustc tiles and
saics, and adjoining them Craven DunneI Co Of
Staordshrc poteries well represented and such
display OF ware was never before this country
Two large columns OF polished Aberdeen granite arc
| the present most prominent representatives or old
Scotia They are sent by Mcdonald, Field n Co, and
| Thomas Hunter, OF Aberdeen
WORK.
conspicuous object Is a very elaborate iron lawn
pavilion, now erecting by Mcssrs Barnard, Bishop 4
Barnard, Of the Norfolk Iron Works. Norwich, exhib-
ors OF nne art work In metals. This pavilion Is well
worth description In full The details are thus given
IN technical description In tho Norwich Mercury OF
| Aprii1:-
This pavilion. which & Intended for use upon aswn or
ornamental grounds Is 81 feet long by IL WIDE BY
eet high TO tho extreme ridge II upon dss
four steps has two nocrs the upper Of which reached
bya spiral staircase IL supported by eight
columns placed two feet six inches
the shafts OF these columns % very and varied
actcr At height OF inches the ground
trSnsom bar connects The columns Tho lower versnda
supported by iron brackets firmly the
The outlines are IN All cases Alike
but the enrichment OF their spannriis u varied By
bAsrelicfr, the subjects which studes from
1 tLc "AppIe blossom with dx,ny hiras ..vnrs.