Examples of household taste . ght handles and rings attached to the upper partof the body. The greater portion of the surface of the vase is enameled ofa light blue color, enriched with exquisitely executed sprays of flowers. Thereis a border of the peculiar key pattern common as well in oriental as in Greekdecoration, and above this a pattern of conventionalized leaf forms. All thedecoration is rich with brilliant colors, picked, here and there, with gold. The beautiful shapes that can be made in glass, as well as the exquisiteenrichment of which it is capable, arc well shown in our illustrat
Examples of household taste . ght handles and rings attached to the upper partof the body. The greater portion of the surface of the vase is enameled ofa light blue color, enriched with exquisitely executed sprays of flowers. Thereis a border of the peculiar key pattern common as well in oriental as in Greekdecoration, and above this a pattern of conventionalized leaf forms. All thedecoration is rich with brilliant colors, picked, here and there, with gold. The beautiful shapes that can be made in glass, as well as the exquisiteenrichment of which it is capable, arc well shown in our illustrations, on page 402 THE INTERNATIONAL EX HIBI T10 N, 18 7 6. 396, of Cut Glass. These examples are from the establishment of M. J. Green,of London, and may be accepted as exemplars of the technical excellence ofthe manufacture in England. Each piece is of blown glass, the nameexpressing the method in which it is shaped, and in this way a brilliancy andclearness of surface is produced which cannot be obtained by any other Ganymede—Terra Gotta: Tke Widow Ipseu of Copenhagen. After the pieces have been thus shaped, the next thing is to cut and engravethe surface as may be required, and we have before us four several examplesin a finished state. The delicacy and perfectness of this work is marvelouswhen we consider that it is all done upon a wheel, and that a slip is irremedi-able. In the goblets the extreme thinness and transparency of the crystalbecomes the more apparent in contrast with the engraving. INDUSTRIAL ART 403 The Embroidered Table-Cover, illustrated on page 397, is an excellentexample of Turkish decorative needle-work. It was one of the numerousexamples of textile manufacture exhibited in the Turkish Court at the Centen-
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