The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-02-28
WHITE ROUSE CHINA.

Theodore II. Davis, Of the staff Of Harper
Brothers, has returned from ftirlough Of
six months, which he devoted ID making
the designs of dinner set for President
Hayes, which is now being manufactured
at Limoges. Mr.. Davis made special desighs
for each piece, and both the shapes and the
decorations are of the boldest character, and
have ELECTED much praise, here and in Eu:
rope, from those who have seen them. These
designs, painted in water colors and placed
end to end, would make a band sikty-thres
feet long. American fish, gaino and fruits
decorate the plates and dishes for the vari-
Gus courses.
The fish dish is rectangular, with corners
cut off and gilded. The principal object
shown on it is a shad, the king of American
fishes, to which the effect of motion is given
by the action of the tail. The water is
greenish, tinted with light blue, and OBJ.
scured with few seaweeds and acquatie
fungi. Over the whole dish is a gold gill;
net, against which the sbad is struggling. A
slight wound in his left gill tinges the water
with slight streak of red, which gradually
fades out.
One of the most striking soup plates rep
resents American soup in the fifteenth cen=
tury. In the distance is stream falling
over fiat ledge of rock. On the bank of
the stream, near the foreground; is seated an
lndianj very carefully drawn, with his pipe
and his arrow-case covered with spotted
deerstln' Between him and the carcass of
deer is "pot-hole," in which he is maxi
ing his soup. A gentle spray rising from
the waterfall, light rainbow and the
steam from the pot hole give to the distance
great depth, which is increased by the
curling smoke of the fire, where the Indian
heated the stones he threw into the soup to
make it boil. The fire, nevertheless, does
not appear on the plate. Another soup
plate presents green turtle crawling about
between the ribs Of an old wreck. A gold
moon lights up the scene, which is orna-
mented with sea plants and corals, but what
adds the most artistic touch to the whole is
the phosphorescence of the water as il DASH
es against the wreck and the rocks.
The platter for the game Service, about
fifteen by twenty inches III size; represents
a piece of birch bark just peeled off and
slightly curled up at the ends, showing the
rich red lining. In the centre stands the
American wild turkey, with his red legs and
magnificent plumage. The ground is Just
covered by the first fall of snow, and the
sun setting in the low horizon lights up the
bird so that some of the brilliant colors of
his feathers are reflected in the snow, while
at the same time the SHOWS white gldfe
shows on the birds breast. One of the plates
OF this set represents deer-shooting with a
jack light another shows quail's nest in a
snow bank, no white color being used, for by
a clever arrangement of shadows, the white
porcelain assumes the needed aspect. AM
other represents prairie hen in full flight.
The dessert plates are of a slightly humor=
ous character. Instead of being perfectly
round, they take the form of the outline OF
an apple. On one appears rock; near it q
battered tin can filled with huckelberries is
turned over and the fruit scattered on the
groundi close by are the battered cover and
the picking cup and the dilapidated hat Of
the picher,who has evidently taken to fight
suddenlyJ for at a short distance two cubs
and bear are making free with the gath
cred fruit. A huckelberry plant and twig
of blackberry crossing the plate produce a
good decorative effect.