New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-06
ZINE ARTS.

r.orce undertook the manufacture OF tnc "oA'0'''"
ND the decoration Of 1t after Mr. DdviSs designs
ors was successfully finished In the spring Vi
W voor and in August Mrs Hayes Acknowledges
rcceipt Of the dinner service III
'ne note TO the artist. in which she congatulates
~ upCu "tHe production OF the beau'liu' uesie''
,,ob have added fresh laurels 10 American art
a. ,ba designs themselves. nothing ID tnem De-
A' w- Davts but what he drew himself upon his
"'e - How we'll or Ill ms drawings may have
ns.rried out. we have no means OF knowing "na'
ardcpt however from an inspection OF the eHlha Is
,ba professional French clnna-painters nave
.Drdoed Mr. Davis's drawings to the syle
-" themselves work in, and that noth-
d. LETT by which the individuality OF his
.a,i,e can be discovered Taey have aiken hl7 SUD
e., u , true and III the main they have no DOUBT 'oi
WED the details OF HE treatments but though person
,e. IN such matters might wonder, IN looking al tne
rvce WY French decorators should choose such sun
ts he could never question that F.ercAmen hsa done
- rarflug Every touch portrays tie professional
I'D working in the skilled routine OF the professional
workshop. .,. 80,
IN me es -ns themselves the mistike Is mace ~ the
..ry our.et Of confounding ornamentauon with htera
t,rs M DAVIS sends out a pamphIe' III "hcH
a. designs ior all the pieces are siyea accompanied
n tov- 81 abo~ately explaining their meaning ana
v,n- a great deal Of information upon the h"'uF' LIS
torv Of the ANIMALS and plants ina, make me sl"P" "
,be designs iu.erspersed with TO htle mofiaphc ca MAJ
-, md .nec1ote Mr.. Hayes letter Is gwen III &c
s1.Il t
the names OF ali The p-ope '"7"H
manufacture and decoration Of Tie ware are con
enormously printed; are INFORM q tHA' Tue
name. of our fora and fauna represented nav 49,.
,.rs-,lly revised boy Professors spencer T. b1''"' ~
g, and Tbeol lre Gin, OF the Smithsonian Ius'l'nloH
Odd MT the formal delivery OF The service al 'le ".'
- 49,. mad. bv Haviland & Co. TO Colone' l. l.
C..Av Commissioner Of public Buildings ana "I''"1'
on lime 30 1850. AL THIS flourish OF trumP'S is
inarv to the business announce ineA' 'h"' '"o ''4
Nfa 10
autograph (Sny 'autograpltl 81" W." " 80.
sa,s as the service made expressly ior 'he "A4'e
- oh 4se ON ss!Ou OF the eagle ana
so--,s which is one the decorations OF lhe DICK
~ ,h IRIS SET" This staten ent assigned A"VHaIu "
.o,,s hack TO the dcs Ems themselves, which is
al with which are concerned In looking at
e ara not 20 be Uut of with scientific descriptions
o.. names however accurate. We care nothing what
ever ~ THIS connection win TIE fact that tho wood
cock l>c9 Dax rilscolG is known IN EuropeWneie
II Is przed Us a game-nlrd ana IS larger t-""
,ba A~,er.cau species (phiode'a aterori ana differs
from - 10 many respects. Neither DO We care mucA
whether tie picture represents the aforesaid hc0oFdT
~ tss P5loAela though whno the writer was about
=, r.,lf have told Us. What concerned with Il
The faci q AZ the picture as uniecoratYe ana nhh'ef
es;nr az T. WAS possible 10 make IT. the birds are fulcu
lous out OF proportion 70 tie other oD'ctS' Des'"eS
thai they are empty Of all expression OF lie Inc rice
fi-d on the opposite pog %. 6S aye cnii'n ID draw
and i-aossi5ie fl attitude Even stuffed birds are
made 10 look as II they had hold OF the twIg'
- which they wired. but these bIr-' OF M
pavis's are not sei-supportng members o. society.
l. would %. wasted time 10 70 through the catalogue
ans discuss these designs by one, or even 10 Seect
fo- DESCRIPTION tho worst among them The point Is
tuat they or not decorative, and they are MOI Original
We mas. over the unimportaut ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS we
mean AS relating the artistic side OF the maer-thaI
The DESIGNS 90 nor, the words OF The ttehAEe'
"uus,7a;e xclus!veIy American Fauna and Flora" Not
ar.a VA ma x
clrsr,e,v American several Of them are direct
trpuorratiens from the Old World. and others are
734rI, SD cles OF orders Wei known III Europe AL Ems
Il apar, from the main question 10 looking 'l stA SUI
iect L, the treatment that ought 10 make the Amer
canisp Of Tn, designs and the treatment OF tbas- SUD
ects a d.-iuct7 Oriental and founded on the super
eciaI strdy u japanese oruamcntaton Bur MI DAVIS
bas roy unprecedented the sp1t Of this oruanehLal'h
nor known bow u subject his realism 10 the laws OF aI
Nri. Nj DAVIS more fortunate IN the shapes OF MS
d.prs and plates. cups and saucers. whether on Tie
scre OF cauIsm orig ualty or course there is
rot,ir. American ia them. AMI We DO not know where
stbe c.nia. that could make them Am rc1n But Ut
DAVIS Is plainly not the Il iS amusing 10 see inc
Of n. made 20 convey the impression Of originality in
fhe forms 10 the shes fish, meat ana game all OF
which are italy the same and directly borrowed
from the .pInCse. as may b. seen even III the con-
Ynor.s, OF orr .hop- for the sale OF japanese wares
What TIE writer OF the pam pAet means Oy saying tL1l
"a, form o the dinner plate is coupe ian ex preston
used more than once, we cannot guess but II is no
easier % see what he means by the remark thaJ te
sb ne OF the plate Is unusual and was made expressly
FOR TINS .res" single visit To the sAOps-to IlHdhy
or+te Catnores'-would disabuso the writer's mind
oftul.uotlon Why too should Mr.. Davis have chosen
the shape of he flower Of the mountain laurel mamma
lat f9ql for his soup-platc The Kama mas the repu
taou OF be ~ pOlsDn0Usat least 10 sheep-aLu u naS
not; 40 lar as we know, the most distant as
socation With soup. The leaf OF the Wild apple
ba
frp bu nobody would guess and the shape Is GER
taulv not an agreeable 10 the eye MI DAVIS VIII
never ind better shape for plate than the circle
form approved by long experience. Il VARIATION De
permitted 1t is only toward some poiygona form IKE
that Of the oetagon that does not III reality so mucn
errv The eve away from the circle lead II back TO H.
We would Tar rather have praised Mr. Davlss poFce-
lain than found fault with IT, but We could not 90 o'ue-
Wise than we have. In the present low con
Giton OF the potter's art IN America the De7'
friend o. the art he who speaks most plainly OF inc
faults that making 1t more and more dlhcut every
year 10 improve the manufacture. We AL the time
shown things made at our native potterles IN thls
vicinity Tat 10 person with educated eye and taste
nay that pottery making tribe could 'ooK al
without dispeasure Near Boston, at Chelsea and al
Beverley. they are doing better, and producing
some pretty work. But this is IN cays COW
cred with a colored glaze. There Is no white
poree an made in this country with good shapes me
surace and OF delicate Aghtness And there never VIII
be long ~ the manufacturers continue III Ihelf
present state OF seltdehght and conieniment' In
The letter TO Mr. Davis from the president o.
the Trenton Potters' Association prehXed 10 this
pamphlet tie writer says: This work OF HaViland
Co should encourage all American pouers ana induce
them TO use greater efforts III their art ioAo"ms
the example Of the late Mr. David Hayhand, etc
But why This work should encourage American
poters auy more the latest work Of the Worcester
or TIE Sevres or the Dresden poter1es, 1t would be
hard 10 say. 1t Is SAID that TIE original haVhahu
went 10 France because found finer kaoln there II
Is worth remembering that IN 1875 William COokwOrthy
Of Plymouth England having seen in the hands OF an