The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-13
THE CERAMIC EXHIBIT
Dainty Painting on Crockery
Displayed in Profusion.
WARM PRAISE FROM BOSTON,.
Members of the Ceramic Club Show
Their Artistic Work TO Large
Numbers of Admirers

The second annual exhibition of the Sc
attic Ceramic Club affords good proof OF
the value OF painstaking work ana CO.
operative criticism. and presents a dis
play Of artistic effects of which the city
may justly feel proud. The present eX-
hibiJon, held yesterday and today IN the
Rialto hall, marks a distinct advance over
that OF one year ago. and the members of
the club ascrihe that advance largely TO
the monthly meetings, and the compare
tive study and increased enthusiasm re-
sulting from those meetings. The exhibit
ton was largely attended yesterday, and
the crowd will undoubtedly be even great
er today. The admiration which the var
ious tables drew forth yesterday and last
night aid not confine itself to vague super
latives and meaningless generalities. but
spoke with Intelligent appreciation. One
prominent visitor, recently returned from
Boston, after looking carefully through
the exhibition, said yesterday:
Il had the pleasure of seeing the Boston
ceramic exhibition this year. 1t contained
some larger and Shower pieces than any
in our collection, and of course the exhi-
ition itself was on much larger scale:
but in the artistic excellence with which
the small pieces are done l think the Seat
tie exhibition is fully equal TO that oil the
Eastern city"
AS the visitor enters the door in the Ri
alto hall the first t.pIe he reaches is that
of Miss Anna Beach and Miss Bessie
Beach, and If he be lover of the beauti-
full he will be tempted to linger there
over the rose platter, the chocolate pot
with its design of carnations. and other
pieces shown by Miss Anna Beach the
fine Dresden work, the forget-me-nots in
royal Worcester, and other pieces by Miss
Bessie Beach and the pretty chocolate
pot, together with some royal Berlin and
Dresden pieces, shown by Mrs. J. II.
Powle.
other attractions soon make one realize,
however, that the exhibition does not con-
sist OF single table, and as he reaches
the collection of Mrs. Corwin s Shank
the visitor finds a rare display of figure
work. much of which is original. There
Is a vase decorated with Dresden figures
4 pretty bonbon dish on which Gu
pids are deftly twining festoons
of roses, two jewel caskets
one of which. with its medallion of Psyche
is possibly the finest piece of work on the
table. Mrs Shank also shows her vase
depicting Aurora Cooling the W:sgs Of
Love" which was so much admired at last
years exhibition.
Visiting the tables IN regular order. one
next reaches that Of Mrs F. A. Wing,
where some of the handsomest designs
are those for the dressing case Conspic-
uous among these is a toilet set consist
ing of a comb and brush. a hand mirror
and tray, and in the same line of work
dainty pin-cush!on and a hair receiver.
Among the other pieces shown by Mrs.
Wing probably the finest is a rose jar
decorated with Dresden festoons.
On Mrs. O. c. Pratt's table the pieces
which have been most admired are fig
ure piece showing design of fairies and
moths and rose bowl with raised tracing
OF metals. Mrs. +. w. Ruff shows a jar
dinere in autumn leaves Of raised gold
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weed bonbon box in raised gold and en-
amel. and several other pieces.
among the treasures shown by Miss
Ruth Cole are vase with a figure OF
Might, jardiniere in double roses, a cake
plate with chrysanthemums in raised green
gold and Roman gold. and delicate din
ner bell with gold tracery. On the same
table some of the touches of Miss Harriet
Gardner are visible in a tiny bonbon box
figured with double roses, a plaque show
ink Jack climbing the beanstalk, some
elfin figures in Delft work and other pieces
The central piece on Mrs Frederic L.
Fehren's table is a handsome chop plat
ter In royal Berlin. A bonbon!ere, with its
wreath of holly and mistletoe bespeaks the
Christmas season. Sprays of wild roses
adorn a Doulton plate. and a border of
purple and pink daisies encircles a pretty
pen tray.
Miss Claire Catch has taken up the Dutch
so fashionable in San Francisco. and she
shows six pieces that have attracted much
favorable notice. Another line OF her work
appears IN a cute" bread and milk set
with quaint little baby figures appropriate
~ designed.
The production of Mrs. C. ". Bacon that
has probably attracted most notice is a
pair Of plaques with Raphael cherIbs
which Mrs Bacon copied in Berlin from
the original San S!sto madonna. Another
OF her pieces is plaque bordered with
open gold work, and in the center a golden
dragon with a jeweled eye. Many OF her
designs show subordinate but finely exc
cuted gl.mpses Of the sea. Her collection
Is a large and interesting one.
Miss VI. McCulloch has two tables. which
bear. among other precious wares. fine
set Of royal Berlin plates in raised gold. a
Doulton cracker jar IN yellow Scotch roses.
a royal Worcester sugar basket In autumn
leaves. and a royal Worcester chocolate
pot with a border Of passion flowers.
Mrs J. ". Pratt had Delft tile piece
which shows q pretty Dutch landscape.
a jelly dish with blackberries in a water
color effect. A royal Worcester fray in car
nations, a pen tray with tracing OF raised
metals a perfume bottle almost yedolent
with rs double violets. a Dollton chocolate
20. with a design Of hawthorne and a co.,
ored enameled scroll, and a number OF
other pieces.
This list gives bat few random selec-
tious from each Of the tables IN the room
To get an adequate conception Of the ex-
tent ana beauty Of The exhibition one
must see II for himself