The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-16
ROYAL PORCELAIN ON VIEW.
An ENHIEITi ,'.I t3E RARELY
SOLD ~ rms COZ NTRY.
u Comes From the Factory which Freder
ick the Great Founded IN German. and
which SIN Furnishes China for the
HO,ai Table-SOinc Rich Effects.

An exhibition Of porcelain which will
in many ways lie new To large numbers
Of people in New York was opened yester-
day at the new Macy store. II il in two
sections, one Ia room arranged IN one
81 the 1hirty-fourth street showroom
and the other in apartments ON one Of
the upper floors Of the building.
The exhibition IL of china for use and
ornament from the royal Berlin porcelain
factory. Comparatively little Of this has
been seen IN this country Of late years.
The factory, as those who follow such
things know, was established In the middle
Of the eighteenth century by an energetic
potter whom Frederick the Great took up
and by royal patronage made famous.
Frederick brought pottcrs fro IN ia" Mes-
- works at Dresden and brought from
Aue clay, of which the Dresdnr men had
had the monopoly. Under his direction
the Berlin factory grew and became noted
He had the porcelain for his own Use made
there and the factory has ever since made
that used by the Prussian rulers II makes
now the porcelain used at the kmperor's
PALACE at Pot-dam and the porcelain which
the Emperor and Empress give away for
presents.
Being under royal or governmental pat
ronage the factory does not have TO skirm-
sh for commercial trade As private enter
priSes do it, chefrcason foiexirtence being
TO uphold ceramic art in Germany and to
make and foster progress in the art, SO
there has not been a large distribution of
the ware in this country, particularly in
late years, although many visitors from
the United States to Germany have bought
specimens Of il.
Nathan Straus recently entered into
relations with the German Government
and he arranged To bring a quantity of
the porcelain To this city. The corslgn-
ment came over in charge of {. Weisssn-
burger, VINO arrived al New York ON the
kronprinz Wllnclm last Thursday and has
spent the intervening line up toy, -teriayin
getting the porcelain in shape FOR cXh-
bition and sale. Mr.. W.issoI. burger L. a
representative Of the German Government.
He har arranged the exhibit, which is
pract ically a part Of the Royal Berlin factory,
and comprise the same pieces To be found
there, in manner similar 10 the display
81 the porcelain al the sho wrooms IN Ieip-
Tiger ~tras-". Berlin, which are familiar
TO many American tray eer~. a. Il the
factory itself, situated in the Thlergarten.
Among tie pieces shown is a complete
dinner service ike that ordered ~ Fed
eric< the Great and used at tie Potsdam
Paiacc IVY the IMPERIAL family to-day.
II is decorated in the Louis QGin7e style,
and Mr.. Wsi~,cnhurger lays i j. oLe #
the finc't things the factory makes.
tn" factory has it, own schools uf RANT
ing and sculpture and its own hothouses
for the culture e plants and Towers, from
which many # its patterns fer GeCOra-
tion are taken. RE best Of Us artists
ign the pi, ces they d cora @, ard there is
al l"ast one ON Exhibit n sign d by II.
Lang, and there are others Gee, rated w
Mcneil, WHO is regarded IN Germany a,
the create. LANDSCAPE arti't e the royal
factory.
The growth Of the factory may he traced
In part in the differing styles Of dccorat ion,
Tor while ~ us progress the factory las
developed manufacture, in the styln Of the
day. IT clngs a. well 70 its old-tim" models
and turns out to-day some Of the same
forms that we're admired in the eighteenth
and early nineteenth CENTURIES
One Of the objects on exhibition is a cup
and saucer like that which the tmyr,s So
often gives away, and there Is a COPY Of the
dinner set given hv Emperor William to
Wilhelmina of Holland on her marriage.
This wedding gift l. in white and gold and
ROYAL purple
Relief gliding and fine enamel dccora-
ton are almost sp"cial,ie- Of the Berlin
factory and this style II work il to be seen
in manv specimens Of plates. vases, table
and toilet articles. Some Of the effect.
are very rich.
In the decoration known a. rae sur
rate there are pieces which have exquisite
cameo effects. Remote from this STYLE is
sort OF ceramic Co~sonnc which j. made
by cutting away one glaze, filing in the
opened space with another Of different
color and outlining the patterns 50 OH
tanned in gold leaf pu' on after the firing
There are also to bc seen specimens ~
splash. crackla and crystalline gla zr-. sor .
OF the latter with the effect of the iridc-c.m
interior Of tropical sea shell.