The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-16


ced-Venetan and Bohemian Glass-Mod-
ern Wall Paper.
People have been so long accustomed to
dead and monotouous surfaces and to
uniformity in color, as to scarcely realize
the artistic advantage of change Abb
sence of body color has been the greatest
defect in modern pottery. Everywhere
the same dead white was compared with
dead white table cloth, chilling one with
its uniformity. Now the simplest object
for table use may be had in high-toned
colors and in all manner of shapes. There
are some new and exquisite toys for the
holding of salt, such as little decorated
English and Dresden-ware slippers with
tiny shovels, open satchels, pink or blue
crumpled bow of ribbon, conch shells in
old blue English china, a creamy tinted
rose or lily, little green dragon set on
tiny out-curvcd feet. Menu stands come
in the shape Of opened fans set on base
of brilliant flowers. The fans are Dresden
and French China decorated with birds,
flowers, and bees; others take the shape of
scollop shells; and again, as if tumbled
little mass of blue, pink, or green ribbon
had been laid carelessly on the table.
Another style shows leaf of the brilliant
alocasa of rich green lined with crimson;
the curling stem forms the handle, which
is decorated with the large pale.tinted
blossom. Pond lily leaves and blossoms
come in the same fashion. On white
china rustic stands rest highly decorated
menu tables, partly unglazed; around the
top and on one side is a procession OF
chubby urchins ascending, each bearing a
dish, bowl or tray. Other styles show the
tablet supported by rose-tinted Baccha.
nal, the decoration consisting of garands
of grapes and vines.
There are large plateaus in majolica,
bordered with pattern of cherubs' heads,
eagles heads, and serpents in brightest
colors, upon Roi Jieu ground. A large
fruit-platc has representation Of the
n Gathering of the Mama, and others
whereon are depicted intorlaced serpents,
musical trophies, dragons, sphinxes and
leaves. The brillancy aud durability of
the colors on majolica ware are esteemed
more highly than the drawing of the de-
signs; but the graceful shape of the ware
is distinct quality, and comes this season
with even more than usual grace aud taste.
s There are no two objects made alike.
The piateaur, ewers, Tipped jugs, bowls,
sauce-boats, salt-cellars, cups, vases, tozzas,
are each worthy Of a study. A lofty
centerp piece is made Of black Wedgwood,
with jeweled reliefs raised on u stand of
pearl-white; over this wanders the purple
grape-antique, where the richest puppies
flash upon half.hidden leaves Of green.
This is ono of Wedgwood's choicest de-
signs, and on the table is surrounded by
plattcrs of the same shape, forming cir
Gle made of the new Martigny ware in
= cream colored ground, beautifully decora-
ted in Oriental fashion. The novelty of
the season is the Glen ware, in three-cor-
nered dishes. 1t comes in all colors, such
as delicate pink, gray, cream, gray-black,
and fine maize, and is highly glazed.
Beautiful large square cases for holiday
gifts are filed with after-dinner coffee
cups, coming this season in the shape of
little, handled mugs of Sevres and Eng
lish and French porcelain. Some are
plain gilt banded, each one of different
color from the other; others are exqui-
sitely decorated with small rhedallions.
flowers, and birds. These cases range In
price from 81 to s35. The handsomest
fruit services are Of rare old Dresden china.
The plates show the finest enameed or
painted decoration, each a study in itself;
on some are painted rare and beautiful
flowers, graceful passion flower drifting
across the surface, or the honeysuckle and
convolvulus, with interlaced chains, and
countless beautiful arrangements of lines
and curves. Dainty little teapots of old
Chelsea china are not too expensive.
Quaint teapots Of majolica are held in the
arms ofa monkey; his tail forms the curved
handle, and his head surmounts the lid.
e Charming tete-a.tete sets are seen in all
kinds Of pottery, from the simplest English
decorated china to the Limoges tdiience
and rosc-hued Sevres; the shapes no lon
ger take the style we have been accus-
toned to, but assume the low form with
square handles; Others in black and dark
toned ware Of oval shape arc set on little
feet and decorated in colored relief. The
minor parts of dinner or dessert service
may be alike, but not the major. The
lesser dishes are Of black or of the dark
color ofthe finer specimens of Wedgwoods
jasper-ware or of Copeland 5 and Minturns
beautiful china. The Greek border has
become very hackneyed especially since the
floral decoration presents so wide field
for ornamental design. There are beauti-
full candlesticks and candelabra in fttteace,
and some in Dresden china in the shape
of mormaids in pink and turquoise blue !;
the novelty this season Is very long, fat
handle, Others in the famous blue and
white Nancy ware are in the shape Of lions
rampant, bearing aloft castellated turrets
TO hold the candies In majolica, great
green frogs are mounted on the back Of
brilliant-hued dolphin, and the curving
tail is formed into a, candlestick. There
are other shapes, both antique and mod
ern, in Jaienoe. Dick ware, which is dark,
highly glazed, and mottled, and exquisite
Dresden china shepherdesses and shep-
herds aud flower Dymphs all coquettishly
bear the candles. Pitchers are no longer
pitchers, but jugs, two.lipped and Tipped,
square, fat, shaped copies of the an
tique in fish, animal, and al manner Of
erotesque shapes They are after the
Egyptian style of those fonnd in Pompe-
.lan kitchens 10 glazed images; Others are
II imitation Of the Hispano- Moreseo lus-
fered ware Of the fifteenth century, and
<he Flemish stone ware. There are .slittle