Principles of decorative design . Fig. 145. * Fig. 143 represents a decanter made for the Prince of Wales by Messrs. Pellatt and Co., whichis in good taste. Pig. lil is a goblet from Austria; it was shown in the International Exhibitionof Paris in 1S67. SILVERSMITHS WORK. 135. Fig. 116. limited. The Romans were in the habit of forming glass which was opaque, dark,and of many colours. Fig. H3 is an illustration of this kind of glass, the iiatternbeing formed by portions of various coloured glass being imbedded in the substanceof the vessel. In another chapter I shall have a few remarks to make
Principles of decorative design . Fig. 145. * Fig. 143 represents a decanter made for the Prince of Wales by Messrs. Pellatt and Co., whichis in good taste. Pig. lil is a goblet from Austria; it was shown in the International Exhibitionof Paris in 1S67. SILVERSMITHS WORK. 135. Fig. 116. limited. The Romans were in the habit of forming glass which was opaque, dark,and of many colours. Fig. H3 is an illustration of this kind of glass, the iiatternbeing formed by portions of various coloured glass being imbedded in the substanceof the vessel. In another chapter I shall have a few remarks to make upon stained glass ;but as our present remarks pertain to hollow vessels chiefly, and as general principlesregulate the formation of all such, whether they are formed of eai-thenware, glass,or metal, I think it better to proceed to the consideration of silversmiths ware, andthus continue a notice of hollow vessels, than to pass to glass windows, althoughthey are formed of the material now under review. What we are specially con-sidering at present are vessels ofeai)acity, or hollow wares. DlVLSION III. Continuing our remarks uponhollow vessels, we have now tonotice silversmiths work, and herewe may obsei-ve that while thematerial with which we have nowto deal differs i
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