The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-13
THE A EXHIBIT.
Many Beautiful Designs to Be Seen i'm
the Various Collections.

it's annual exhibit of hand-painted china
yesterday in it's clubrooms at the Bates
House. The exhibit is one Of the finest
ever held. Mrs. j. II. Orndorff is making
a speciality of her luster work this
year, which is very artistic and her
work on ivory is very pretty. She
shows several dainty little miniatures
on ivory. A PLAGUE shown, taken from a
drawing of Henri Lossow's Ida and the
Swan" is admirably done. A vase with the
painting of Marie Antoinette will be one of
the vases sent to New York to be judged
for the Paris exposition. Mrs. Mary A.
Phipps has several pretty pieces. One which
deserves particular mention is a bowl with
an imitation of an old Chinese pattern.
Another piece is a PLAGUE with a Persian
pattern in green and luster. Mrs. Flora
Greenstreet has a handsome collection.
Six salad plates are among the collection.
Her conventional design work is splendid.
A Turkish bonbonaire is a dainty little
thing and two plates In busted tinting are
dainty pieces of work. Mrs. Willis T. Flu
gate has nineteen pieces on exhibition. A
PLAGUE of roses is especially noticeable.
the colors are rich and clear and per-
fectly natural. a tankard with a decora-
ton Of blackberries is very pretty and a
claret pitcher in dogwood is very artistic.
There are several pretty plates among the
collection and menu cups and saucers. Mrs.
o. C. Wilcox has a large collection. Many
of her designs are original, among them
a vase with Chinese decoration, another
with a decoration of hawthorns, a tray
of verbenas from nature and a wall plate OF
violets. Her work is very beautiful and
| artistic and the flowers exquisite. Mrs.
Sarah Z. Welsh has a collection. She has
a set of rose plates, a violet plate and a
| jardiniere. Her exhibition is In both floral
| design and figure work. Mrs. Alice Ross
| Hadley has a large collection on exhibit
ton which excelS in original designing.
A vase with a peacock feather is original
in design. A loving cup with a conventional
design and a tankard with a decoration of
! grapes are especially commendable and her
plates and roses are exquisite pieces OF
work. Miss Bessie Whitridge, OF Richmond.
has the only exhibit of figures and the COL
lection Is a choice one. A large PLAGUE
with a Van Dyke head sold for $50. A vase
with a painting Of Venus and Tannhauser
is an exquisite piece of work. as is also a
vase with a figure OF a girl bearing a vase
of flowers. She also shows a tobacco jar
with the mead of an Indian, which is very
rich in coloring and clear. There are sew
eral little medallions and bon bon boxes,
which are all dainty and pretty.
Mrs. Benjamin Booth has a collection In
flowers and fruit. A punch bowl with a
| decoration of grapes is among the hand
| soonest. Mrs. Frank O'Haver has a collec-
ton of dainty small effects in flowers.
Three plates among the collection are very
pretty. Miss A. May Reynolds has a varied
collection. She has studied under all the
| prominent artists, and her pieces represent
each style of work A daffodil vase and
one with a leur-de-lis. decoration, done
from nature, and her PLAQUES with monks
! are among the handsomest pieces. Miss
Katharine Conard, of Muncie, is in charge
of the art department in the Eastern In
diana Normal University. The chief charm
in her work is the underglaze effect and
the wonderful brilliancy of the glaze. Miss
| Conard has studied and decorated in the
Doulton pottery WORKS. in England. one
| of the odd pieces in Miss Conard's collec-
| ton is a stein with one of Gibson's pic
lures, in pen-and-ink style, painted in
black and white. There are several Doul-
ton plates among the collection. and a
pitcher and a tray with a decoration of
grapes.
Mrs. Thomas Harrington has a pretty
collection in figure work and floral designs.
A PLAGUE with asters is artistic. Mrs. NJ.
| III. Woodsmall exhibits several vases, and
her work in figures displays much talent.
Mrs. Harry b. Smith has several vases
among her collection, and a teaset with a
decoration of blue. with pink roses. very
dainty and pretty. n punch bowl with a
decoration Of blackberries and a porcelain
slab with a flower girl are among the col
lection. MIS-. VI. .. .hdJOT, OF SnelDyNlllt,
has a handsome jardinere on exhibition in
the Shelbyville exhibit. and several other
pieces, a vase and tray and pitcher vase.
Mrs. Ovid B.. Adams, Of Shelbyville, has a
handsome vase with a figure of Queen
Louise, and on the other side a figure of a
young girl with a child in her arms.
Around the neck of the vase is a Persian
border. Mrs. Thomas Il. Adams, of Shell
byville, exhibits a tureen and a m~ayonnaise
set and a game platter and some plates, all
exquisite in color and design. Mrs. Daniel
Deprez. of Shelbyville, has a punch bowl
and claret pitcher in the S~helbyville ex-
hibit which are very meritorious. Mrs. b.
f. Howard has several pieces in figure
work. The chrysanthemum girl and Ruben
head are rich in color and design. Mrs.
w. G. Perkins has three pieces, a punch
bow I'm conventional design, and grapes.
Mrs. g. j. Buchanan has a few pieces in
admirable Turkish effects. and some pretty
| designs In fruits and flowers. Mrs. c.. F.
Kramer exhibits a Florentine head. which
IL very pretty. and several vases with
roses. Mrs. w. S. Day has one of the larg-
est collections in the exhibit. and she has
one of the most elaborate exhibits. A rose
jardiniere is one OF the handsomest pieces,
and a tea set with tray is one of the most
exquisite pieces. 1t has a hawthorn de-
sign with paste and jeweis. A figure of
Napoleon set In a gold frame Is also an
! excellent piece OF work. Mrs. j. j. Carver