Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-06
PRIVATE EXHIBITION
ByAugusta China Decorators Club at
Unitarian ParIors, Today.
sewildering Display Of Delicate Ware Trans.
formed by Artists Brush.

dor and delight of all so fortunate as to
roceive an invitation to be present. The
club had very recently been organized and
the exhibits caused general surprise both
bv their general excellence and the large
number of the pieces shown.
The second exhibition and sale to be held
bv this club will open, today, at 10 A. NJ.
at the Unitarian church parlors and will
continue Friday. The hours will be from 10
A. NJ to 9 P. NJ
Journal reporter came, as it were,
unbidden to the preparation of this feast of
art. late Wednesday afternoon. The
tables were not all arranged and exhibits
were not complete. Enough was seen,
however to convince the most skeptical,
and the Journal reporter was not of that
number, that the surprise in store for
those who delight in art applied to China
decorations will be greater than even that
of last spring.
The display is sure to fascinatc every
one with a sense of the beautiful and the
Measure it will afford, those acquainted
with the technique must be left to realiz-
alton. The marked Improvement made
by the younger members of the club is
apparent to the casual observer.
The large table in the centre Of the
contains thn nyhihit of Mpc
W. H. Moore of Gardiner. She has the
largest number Of pieces in great variety
of style, every one of which shows the
touch of one of the best artists in this
work there is in the State An elegant
soup set is one of the many noticeable
pieces. 1t is done in the delicate pow
dered tints with raised paste and gold and
silver. The set consists of a soup tureen
and six plates. A lovely salad set in soft
shades of green, paste and enamel is one
of the prominent features in this beautiful
collection.
Farther along on the platform is Mrs.
G. W. Martins exhibit. All who visited
the last exhibition will be sure to seek
out Mrs. Martins table among the first.
TO her efforts the origin, and one might
almost say the inspiration of the club is
due None we fancy, will anticipate a
better exhibit at her table than that of
last March They can safely do SO, how
ever Perhaps her best piece, though its
difficult to decide between them for all
are so different and all are
alike in the attention to even the
minutest detail, is a large tray which is
to be mounted for an csconce. The sub
ject is bride and the coloring of the flesh
is very lifelike and the flmy veil, orange
blossoms, the gloved hand and the arm
are exceptionally good. The frame work
of raised paste is an original design. A
Louis XIV tea set is a gem of the collec-
tion. 1t is exquisite in every detail. "A
royal Worcester ever is a beautiful piece.
The matt colors are shaded bright orange
to cream white and the FURNISHED gold
decorating lends great brilliancy to the
design. But we will not attempt dc
scription of her exhibit in detail. Mrs.
Martin has attained especially fine results
with her gold work as she prepares the
gold herself
Near Mrs. Martins table is the exhibit
made by Mrs c. w. Jones, the well-known
portrait artist Her collection is not large
but is very choice. AS would be
expected her figure work excels. No one
can fail to see her vase with the figure OF
her little son, Frederick, painted upon it,
with raised paste surrounding the figure.
Then there are dainty little butter plates,
each one a study, with original painting
from nature upon them, among the views
of local scenery being Winthrop hill, u bit
of Oakwood park, the bridge at BOND
brook, etc.
At the right of Mrs. Martins table Is
that of Miss Rich, who has painted the
least of any of the members, but whose
work shows as much improvement as that
of any. She has n lovely vase with design
of mountain fringe especially adapted to
the piece, pretty bon bon in pansies, ana
another piece with dropping violets artistl-
cally wrought.
Miss Charlotte Partridge, though but
Is and having only the leisure from schooi
to devote to this work, of which she is pas
sionately fond, has remarkable exhibit
very beautiful piece is brush and
comb tray with figure of a prince, the Dor
der in new effect of gold and bronze, gold
stippled Figure and faces is a noticeable
feature in which Miss Partridge excels.
We are unable to give even this feepie
description of all the tables at this time,
and mention of the exhibits of some OF the
most prominent members and best artists
of the club must be deferred until Friday
mornings issue. Included in this are
those of Mrs. w. G. Boothby. Mrs. Horace
North, Miss Webber, Miss Welch, Mrs. f.
6. Kinsman, Mrs. Marston and MIS-.
Vaughn. All these ladies have fine exhl-
bits, some of them being among the larges'