Examples of household taste . ight. We need not wonder, judging from this instance alone, why it is thatso very few pieces of ancient and mediaeval gold- and silver-work can now befound. Afterward Cellini went to France and was patronized by Francis I;yet, though he executed there many splendid works, only one can be identified—a gold salt-cellar, preserved in the museum at Vienna. 3io THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. Cellini, although not the only goldsmith of his time, was undoubtedly themost famous. The number of pieces attributed to his hand are among theprecious examples of his art in
Examples of household taste . ight. We need not wonder, judging from this instance alone, why it is thatso very few pieces of ancient and mediaeval gold- and silver-work can now befound. Afterward Cellini went to France and was patronized by Francis I;yet, though he executed there many splendid works, only one can be identified—a gold salt-cellar, preserved in the museum at Vienna. 3io THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. Cellini, although not the only goldsmith of his time, was undoubtedly themost famous. The number of pieces attributed to his hand are among theprecious examples of his art in the museums of Europe. He lived in an agewhen the workmen of his craft found constant occupation, and when their workwas esteemed at its full artistic value. The jewelry and plate of this periodare simply superb, but even these are rivaled by the magnificent suits of armorworn by the nobility, in making which the very best skill of the metal-workerwas employed. Nothing could illustrate this better than the shield and helmet. Krugg Jugs: Austrian Court. before us. In execution and finish they stand unsurpassed, and the beauty ofthe design is manifest. As an example of the workmanship of the silversmiths of Norway, weillustrate on page 317 a Silver Basket, made by Trostrup, of all the other examples of industrial art exhibited by that nation, thisbasket evidences a fine appreciation of artistic taste and a cultivation of nationalfeeling in design rather than a servile copying of foreign styles. The orna-mentation of this basket is admirable ; the pattern is exceedingly graceful andrich, and appropriate to the material in which it is wrought and the use forwhich the article is designed. There is just sufficient openness in it to suggestlightness and solidity, strength as well as grace. The shape of the piece, too, INDUSTRIAL ART. 319 is elegant in its simplicity, and makes it a handsome ornament to thetable. The quartette of Krugg Jugs, which we illustrate on pa
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