Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-02-13
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Tho \ " piune,.Set Made ut Haylland's
from Mr.. Davis Designs.
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| Art Amateur.
Theodore Il. Davis, of the staff 0
Harper Brothers, has returned from Il
Through of six months, which he de
voted to making the designs of dinner
set for President Hayes, which is now
being manufactured At Limoges by
Hayiland & Co. Mr.. Davis made spe,
cial designs for each piece; and both
the shapes and the decorations are oil
the boldest character, and have elected
muc.l praise here and IN Europe, from
those who have seen them. These de-
signs, painted i'll watercolorS, and placed
end to end, would make band sixty.
three feet long. American fish, game
and fruits, decorate the plates and dish.
es for the various courses.
The tish-dish is rectangular, with cor
nerS cut off and gilded. rne principal
object shown on It is y Shsd, the king
of American fishes, 10 which the effect
of motion is given by the action of the
tail. The water is sreenish, tinted with
light blue, and obScured by few sea.
weeds and aquatic fungi, Over the
whole dish is gold sill.net, against
which the shad is struggling. A slight
wound In the left gill uuees the water
with little streak of red, which grad.
ually fades out.
One of the most striking soup-platcs
represents American soup in the tif-
teenth century. In the distance is a
stream falling over u fiat ledge of rock
On the back of the stream, near the
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carefully drawn, with his pipe, and his
arrow.case covered with spotted deer.
skin. Between him and the carcass OF
the deer is "pot-hole," III which he is
making his soup. A gentle spray rising
from the waterfall, light rainbow, and
the steam from the pot-hole give to the
distance n great depth, which is increas-
ed by the curling smoke of the fire,
where the Indian heated the stones he
threw into his soup to makei il boil. The
tire, nevertheless, does not appear on
the plate. Another soup-plate repre-
sents green turtle crawling about be.
tween the ribs of an old wreck. A gold
moon lights up the scene, which is or.
uamented with sea-plants and corals;
but what adds the most artistic touch to
the whole is the phosphorescence OF
the water Ms it dashes against the wreck
and the rocks.
The platter for the game service,
about fifteen by twenty inches i'll SIZE,
represents piece of birch bark just
peeled off and slightly eurled up ut the
ends, showing the rich red lining. IL
the center stands the American wild
turkey, with his red legs and magniti
cent plumage. The ground is lust GOV
cred with the first fall of snow, and the
sun setting at the low horizon lights up
the bird so that some of the brilliant
colors of his feathers are reflected in
the snow, while Mt the same time the
SHOWS white glare shows on the birds
breast. One OF the plates of this set rep
resents deer-shooting with n Jack light
another shows a Quail's nest IN snow
band, no white color being used, for by
clever arrangement of shadows the
white porcelain assumes the needed
aspect. Still another represents prai
RE hen in full fight.
The dessert plates are of u slightly
humorous character. Instead Of being
perfectly round they take the form Of
the outline of an apple. On one ap.
pears rock; near il a battered tin car
filled with huckleberrles is turned over
and the fruit scattered on the ground
close by are the battered cover and
picking.cup and the dilapidated hat Of
the picker, who has evidently taken to
flight suddenly, for at short distance
two cubs and n big bear are making fret
with the gathered fruit. A huckleberr,
plant and twig of blackberry CROSSING
the plate produce n good decorativ,
effect