The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28
NEW DECORATIONS IN PORCELAIN,
CHINA AND METALS.
Chatelaines, Beads and NOveIties-The
Latest Tints in Polite
Stationery.

brated English design. THE colors are under
the glaze, showing three shades of blue in
combination with q rich red. deliberately
traced in coin gold. New designs in French
china are also exhibited, and come in odd
pieces, with wide borders in colors and with
delicate tracings of gold and heavily bur-
nished French panels. Dainty china cups
and saucers are exact copies of royal Wen
ma and are decorated in ideal miniature por-
traits; plates are also shown in the same
style. with borders in varied colors. New
things are displayed in Japanese ware. in
comb and brush trays. cigar stands celery
trays etc. Some have the medallion CEN
ter while others are painted in landscape
scenes. The borders are particularly pretty
in different colors. Some very large hook
glasses for decorative purposes are very
pretty in green and gold A porcelain water
urn is another novelty worth mentioning
| and makes a handsome decoration for the
| sidebcard or a separate table. 1t is urn
shaped with two handles stands quite high
and holds about a gallon of water 1t has
fancy silver faucet and stands upon a
large round platter. The colorings are at
tractive in blue Something new in the way
of glassware is called Olympia glass. and
is imported from Austria. The designs are
very pretty, being in enameled lace work
In irrdescent colors, which is one of the
chief attractions of antique glass. This
ware comes in classical-shaped vases and
original designs. An American glass is
called Verona glass and is even more ex-
pensive than the imported glass, the designs
being all free hand. A claret jug, Bohemian
glass with a gold-plated top, daintily en-
ameled in rich Oriental colors, is also
pretty decoration. Candelabra has became
such a popular decoration this season that
new designs are shown daily, and dainty
little shades are made especially for the
candles. Some are shown in silk to repre-
sent flowers, poppies, tulips, hollyhocks,
etc. Others have rufies on the top and
bottom, while others are made of tissue
paper in different colors
A firm on Washington street who deal ex-
clusively in bric-a- brac, novelties, china,
etc, show a bewildering display of all the
latest. Some magnificent center pieces in
bronze, imported from Vienna, come in odd
designs. One piece is a bowl shape, in
bronze, with a vase of etched glass attached
and standing higher than the bowl. The
bowl is decorated on the inside in sprays
Of natural flowers and ferns, which are
dipped in some preparation to metalize
them. Another handsome center piece is
called "Epergne,". and is Of solid bronze
with Moorish swinging figures. Beautiful
vases in copper enamel are also displayed
and are of Partisan manufacture. A small
piece of this ware is valued at 800 A novel
signs for cigar stands, and other gifts APP
propriate for gentlemen.
Canton medallion china is a dainty addi-
ton for tea table or for an Oriental room.
An old English pattern revived for dinner
sets is the old India tree pattern in doric
designing The sets range in price from SIS
to $50, according to the number of pieces.
A new thing in pottery Is an imitation of
the wood carving owned by rich patricanss
around the Black Forest in Germany. 1t
comes In vases, sjardineres, stems with
hoar-head covers, tankards and large ewers,
and ranges in price from $3.50 to $40 a piece.
| Some importations from Holland in Dutch
| silver are exact reproductions Of old de-
signs, some are decorated with the family
| coat of arms or shields, others are done in
! pierce work designs. y
A fad in the East. and which is being
| adopted by indianapolis people, is rage
for pewter beer mugs. They are very plain,
! with glass bottoms, with or without covers.
of umbrella stands, jardinieres, in repro
| auctions of antique shapes, and is suitable
| for an oriental room. 3
BOUDOIR CLOCKS.
| Quite the daintiest and newest things
| shown in Indianapolis this season are small
boudoir clocks or travelling watches. Some
| are incased in leather cases and fold up in
| fat handy size and are either enameled or
| jeweled One particularly pretty one is set
| In ivory in a leather case the ivory sur
rounded by rinestones and painted in dainty
enameled in natural colors.
! Leather chatelaines are in vogue rather
than the metal used during the spring and
summer. They come in grain calf leather,
| and hang from the belt by narrow straps,
| and consist of the vinaigrette mirror. note
| book and scissors. and range in price from
| $l.25 10 ~. shopping bags in green alligator
skin in Vienna novelties. They are long in
| shape and are mounted In gilt. with gilt
chains to carry them by. Late pocketbooks
n a md
| slightly from those of previous seasons. al
| though some very handsome ones are seen.
| One in ecrasse morocco, in a combination
| card case and memorandum on ivory, was
pretty. 1t was lined in fine calf, and the
| outside had three gilt bands across it, with
| strap and gilt clasp Other pretty ones
| were in monkey skim, with either gilt or
| silver mountings. A horn back alligator
| pockethook is more expensive as the leather
the pocketbook is made of is hard to pro-
| cure, as II is taken from part of the young
| alligator where the scales are finest
new fad in the East is introduced in
! Indianapolis. Long strings of beads, with
| friendship hearts, frogs, turtles: etc. at
| in a similar fashion to the ''Trilby'' hearts
worn some time ago. The friendship hearts
this season are small and dainty however
and engraved with the givers name. Some
| novelties in sterling silver are predicted to
! become very popular here, as they are in
New York, and come IN rinestones in eagle
| TO be worn in the hair as brooches
| Large Nethersoe bracelets are also a new
NAL heads are worn OH bracelets. Dainty
mirrors for the toilet table. with copper
backs, painted in ideal miniatures, are new
| also.
One of the fashionable shades in station
cry for the coming season is called squadron
| grey undergaze. another is a silk fiber in
robin egg blue, and the envelope is long in
stead of square An imported paper in
| royal blue has been in much demand lately
especially in New York. The paper is a
| sort of imitation of leather, and is very ex-
| pensive. One that has had quite a sale re-
Gently was the Puritan grey, and it still
| remains popular. The regimental grey is
also much used with the Titian-shaped en-
Velopes. The monogram paper, with illu-
minated centers in various tints, is always
! stylish, but where the address is perma-
1 net. the embossed stationery with the adj
| dress is used. In bond paper, the azure
| light blue and celestial. a dark blue, is much
| used Girls Pezel and blue de roi are also
a new temporary fad. 1t is wonderful the
harmonize with all the tints I'm paper
THE SEASONS GLOVES.
The seasons gloves are now ready for the
| trade, and never before has Indianapolis
merchants displayed such a varied assort-
| ment in quality and color. In no other
| country in the world is public taste so fas-
! tidious. variable and exacting as in our
own, and in no other market can such al
most infinite varieties of hand covering be
seen and obtained. All the fine gloves are
imported from France and the most skilled
artists are employed in producing their best
results for the exports to America. The
! gloves manufactured for French consump-
! ton are quite different from those exnort cd