Examples of household taste . subject en-abled them to appreciatethe technical difficultiesthat had been overcome,and also from the un-learned who were simplyattracted to it by the rich-ness of the color and thebeauty of the design. Thework reflects the highestcredit on the manufac-turer, and was well worthyof the honorable mentionit received from the spe-cialists commissioned topass upon its merits. It is remarkable thatwhile this art of stainingglass is better understoodnow than in ancient times,one of the chief beautiesof the ancient work shouldhave been so often over-for the material itsel
Examples of household taste . subject en-abled them to appreciatethe technical difficultiesthat had been overcome,and also from the un-learned who were simplyattracted to it by the rich-ness of the color and thebeauty of the design. Thework reflects the highestcredit on the manufac-turer, and was well worthyof the honorable mentionit received from the spe-cialists commissioned topass upon its merits. It is remarkable thatwhile this art of stainingglass is better understoodnow than in ancient times,one of the chief beautiesof the ancient work shouldhave been so often over-for the material itself. In ancient glass pic-dark colors and fixed in the fire, were but ••^OC INDUSTRIAL ART. 313 sparingly used, never indeed to the extent obtaining at present, where theprimary object of the glass as a means of transmitting light is sacrificed inorder to introduce opaque effects of shadow. In the example before us thisfault has been carefully avoided. In the exhibition made by the Messrs. Elkington, of Birmingham, Eng- i/U. Stained Glass Window : F. X. Zettler, Munich. U\| land, was a collection of reproductions in electro-plate of celebrated works inmetal, chiefly copied from the magnificent collection belonging to the SouthKensington Museum. Here were specimens of the exquisite workmanship ofBenvenuto Cellini; cups and other specimens of Roman work in silver, someof* which belonged to the famous Treasure of Hildesheim ; work of the Byzan-tine goldsmiths; the remarkable St. Patricks bell; and, in short, notable works 3H THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. of the goldsmiths and silversmiths of England, France, Germany, Spain, andItaly, from the ninth to the fifteenth century, beside the work of modern artistsof fame, and ancient pieces whose origin is the discussion of antiquaries. Thiscollection was, indeed, an excellent illustration of the history of the gold- and
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