New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-14
Tho Townsend Collection
shows the Potter'S Rare
Art in It's Perfection.
paINTINGS. EARLY AND
MODERN. EXHIBITED
,..sresting Dutch and Flemish
uorks TO Be Sold Recent Paint
inqs BY LAWSON and Weir.
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what 80
re discover OF me lSspsi DoHs 80
= 4e'', -ANe'rfs-t., White harO stoneware
kov. which would take a hiSh IRE ana
lse9ne sem .l,,,l La sfainod Icht or dark
I'm. pink. green or black. by the addi--
ioa Of suitable oAiues anu .,.en III, ~. ~
" t'V 10y. Essen into small plaster
rosds taken ont and then 'sprigged
20 iormed me orhanei. "a .loS aNd -
nm tcgTd A. panels in Adam hreplaces.
v'h FlaXman's Dancing hours o.
Nso1ss htao ,,'esa,i,ors hearing the
s'sSs NJ nerso0sges OF state. for show
cabinets, o. rs vases uhdei slasS 0"So'
s-ah 81 uls w 'a"U
Nr Wedgwood. nounS fIaNhah IN
uigsole assistance. speaks also OF MS
nesioTs having received the ADVICE u
very gentleman OF the PEI loU "n'
r'eo himself upon ms TASTE e'., IN
oHe q that period was not l'iS'''0
i1os Tor example. at the agate ware
ne Townsend coiecuon' Inc pie0eS
are graceful enough IN form put 'he ware
rsf is b~utsllv ugly. AND LOOKING al
sms Of The objects That were mace lol
Trs0nal adornment. like the cameo brace
No. 3ip. We reflect with compassion
generation that could endure the
'ssrng Of things OF the SORT. oo"astI
certain type mignt carry OH the a.
lar Without blinking. but IMAGINATION
~ssss al the thought OF the Young niece
az 70 whom she might bequeatn IL. one
an see her torn between sense OF anec-
-orsle duty and an entirely natural az
aorence for adding such 'jewe! TO ner
'srress On the other hand. and mere We
zone TO wrat was best in the genius OF
NedgVood the more fsstidious the young
somsn was the more she would rejoice
Nhsr the aunt aforesaid left her few or
ne pot;srs vases or cups. II the Will in
,losd few OF Wedgwood's> exquisite
uhs ben-puls. the recipient OF the ola
1oy bounty would pretty nearly De dis
"Fed IN tears Of joy There the potter
"'e and that Of his friends, was merely
FHset
Nobody has ever suspected that Josiah
'asvood was great creotive artist
~ he had in hum an instinct for some OF
~ Aangs that 60 10 the making of great
" The charm Of Old Wedswood IS the
UNm Of pure form and color. and the
|'''aton OF both 20 type OF design
s'Nrg we.ngh fsultless proportion
~ hire white figures set upon their
-N sround are a. just in scale as are
hsures painted on an ancient Greek
''e and they are fitted 10 a given space
IN something like the same decorative
-'sment ln one respect they invite mild
t'4lsiion - TO whether Wedgwood's
Wv night not have been even more con
'aAa'e What IL re had made his hs-
~ nave oeen more suotly eHecuNe
NdN not NftU quite 80 SlOnEAN