The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-09
NATIVE KERAMlC ART,
What a Clever Set of Ladies
Are Doing in China
Work.
A New CIubroom DaintiIy Fur
nished Promises Future
Progress.

The California Keramie Club has settled
itself into small but dainty quarters. and
will to-day practically introduce Itself as q
club with home.
Miss Minnie G.. Taylor's studio al 231
Post street has been invaded by the club
and practically absorbed, except that Miss
Taylor will three days in the week main
tain the identity of the place as her studio.
The rest OF the week it viii be the Keramic
Club.
All sorts of artistic and feminine taste is
displayed in the arrangement of the room,
and the members feel naturally proud of
the result. To-day there will be what the
ladies term an Easter pitcher SALE" This
means that the keramic exhibition viii be
devoted solely to pitehers-little pitchers
with big ears and big pitchers with little
ears-but all valuable representations of
keramic art
There are but thirty-fEe members of the
club. and each has contributed pitcher,
so that there will be exactly thirty-five
pitchers for sale. The proceeds of the sale
will be devoted to the purchase of journals
from all over the world that are devoted to
the interests OF keramie art, so that the
club members may be posted on all the
current events in the line of keramics.
The members of the club are intent
upon correct reproduction of the most
noted wares. They fully believe that they
can reproduce Royal Worcester, Crown
Derby, Royal Berlin, Minton, Delft, Doul-
ton. or any other kind of ware famous Tor
its tints, tracings or decorative effects, and
Judging from the pitcher exhibition they
have good grounds for their belief.
1t quite exclusive-this Keramic Club
and only clever enthusiast in china art
work is likely to secure admission. The
new clubroom is to be the general loung-
ing-place for the members, who will talk
tones softness, transparency and the like
to their hearts content. They will also
work out through discussion original de-
signs to be brought out after the manner of
old-esta blished factories, and altogether
prove that San Francisco is not one bit
behind the rest of the country, even in
keramics. Under the window seats of the
room there will be arranged set OF lock-
ers in which the members will keep their
precious possessions in the way of designs
and completed work, and when visitor
calls any member may be enabled to show
Just what she is doing or what she pro-
poses to do.
]. S. Adams, vice president; Mrs. d. s.
Culp, secretary, and Miss II. T. Bacon,
treasurer. The members are:
Miss Cathella Adams, Mrs J. S. Adams, Mrs.
6. j. Beeht, Miss Flora Bell, Miss Edith Brown,
Mrs. James F. Crosett, Miss N. t. eastman,
Miss A. E Dugan, Mrs. S. E. Dutton, Mrs. J. B.
Dyer, Miss \. de Vain, Mrs. C. w. Farnam,
Mrs. D. w. Guptill, Mrs. Theo Gray, Miss A. F.
Herrick, Miss Jennie Hobbs Miss Helen Philip,
Mrs. D. W. Perley, Mrs. II. "A. Root, Miss L.
Richardson, Miss n. Sinnott, Mrs. William
Sagendorf Miss Gertrude Soule, Miss C. A
shurtlef, Miss Minnie C. Taylor, Mrs. Adolph
Unger and Mrs T. ]. Tourneux.
The club was organized a little over
three years ago and gave its first exhi-
bition in the maple room of the Palace
Hotel in October, 1891. The next annual
exhibition will be held in the same place
some time in next November, and by then
it is believed that the Keramic Club will
have made long strides in both member
ship and progress in keramic arr.