Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-19

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Every work of art in ivory Il ycars
aE" " as imported To-day much ri tho
best Of it * ci"uc here IA american
artist. I. Il. Kalienhcrg. hls Ilrcady
'Nccntcd an lS-in,h hch .tliurttc III
Rembrandt, Price S1"1A. fur George ~.
Vanderbilt ana other works w his ar-.
| tho Mign"u, bust .! The beautiful
EypSey. l.. . inches high hY & inches in
| diameter: a Venus of Milo sold for
$3.50 to William ". Ructcfciirt. a stain
.ue Of k"saiind IN "AS You Like IT,
! the famous ivory pcnholdcr-;l superhiy
carved eagles rlumc-twith which THU
Cuban bonds Were siGncdp ana Ills ms
work, Jack. the lion in ccntra! park
menaSerie. five inches high and Il inches
long. is valued at SSF1. Mr.. KIa,l.nhurg
is practically the father OF the art IN
| this country.
The expert American workman II the
| best Of all ivory carNerS. Ivory carvings
are valuable. \ small specimen OF merit
| is worth from A591 to srhn and such 4
work an American artist can produce in
| five months. while IL JapancSn of cor
| responding ability will he occupied Tor
two years. AMI ting sewer Chinese Will
he seven Years. This is actual fact. not
| cNas ccr't."n. Even there the compari-
sor does not cnd. Tho American can dc
| sign or rops. even "a the pnrtraiture
| The Japanese can copy absolutely cor
rect, he can take two profles ard a full
| face photograph and reproduce a statu-
cite from them. but it will have :,
| Japano-Americano face. The Chnaman
| can siavshly cony the statuette. repro
producing every hlcnish and hlur. hui he
cannot do the least thing with the three
portraits and can produce nothing from
| them. Yet he can take Il piece of ivory
and carve balls within balls in II maH-
ner that is calculated 70 turn M. bran
workman. The JananCSc excel In me-
chanical detail. For years the world
thought the Chinese achieved their re-
markablc effects by a process of soften
ing the ivorv bat Investigation show ;
IL was simply their .;.oiid unconditional
patient tamperamcntS which enable
mem I" MOO along NJ cube. ! l7ttic"
hoN. n set Of chcvcrocn with a Iat' nncc
which became IA crime rather than a
virtlc.
AS an art il hae l!wrvs hccn csr",,-
distinct on h"'wecr stone and ivory
| carving Is that Will the stone :.rtist
| delegates The ''rrr~hia~' r~r~cqs w
others. only doing Tho CRUSHING h:r,sclf,
alien bonds from the r'n:ron. the r "
material is Crt rrcr, - tuSk 10 as
Iccn,n'"'ion. III" c-~t "'cH is III" Oh" %
| of ivory. which cx;st in two varieties.
hard with firm. tense fbrc. from, 'tn
| caro - Good IIr'sr ana tho soft nm
lo;1"n fibre FROM lrdn.
m" test is 70 80 tho extreme tip ;rnr,
| = tnsk >" Judge If = 10 soma ~ sick
| fr"0, to appcarlrc" os INC ucrvc.
which. thir as q thread AZ that r"'-,;
rn'1TGcs AS. j; runs along ,he might,
! -ooth, \ niece Is f;,en c''t off AMI slight
/ ". rnrrhnn"d 70 allow 4 rude skctch ot
what is Intended II n carved .,ri ta,,,
with 'Weh-Saw' is cut away the SUPER
nnols material. leaving 4 wide margin
| ior 'iniShn~ and rnundiny. Tho rovt
process IS that Of filing. brt with Il lie
| tho teeth Of which const'+r,tc - soy,
| rather than i'ie proper this being cs-
r.m"rr tv-'"H the r,ate~ia' IL I'M ~.
! 81" "~'"nat'''"n NJ rcwar rr.t,,irc,; "a BRO
ince th'' effect with other tools.