The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . ese other vessels follows the same curvesas in the urn wherever it is possible. Of course in the pitcher an allowancehas been made for the bend of the lip, and in the pots a spout must be madewhich shall harmonize with the handle. To accomplish this last-named effectis, by the way, one of the most difficult things in designing a tea or breakfastservice. It is rarely that one finds a really satisfactory tea-pot or the curves of a spout balance, so to speak, those of the handle, we INDUSTRIAL ART. 87 may hav
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . ese other vessels follows the same curvesas in the urn wherever it is possible. Of course in the pitcher an allowancehas been made for the bend of the lip, and in the pots a spout must be madewhich shall harmonize with the handle. To accomplish this last-named effectis, by the way, one of the most difficult things in designing a tea or breakfastservice. It is rarely that one finds a really satisfactory tea-pot or the curves of a spout balance, so to speak, those of the handle, we INDUSTRIAL ART. 87 may have some-thing altogetherlovely in appear-ance; but whenwe put the beau-tiful object tothe test of ac-tual use, we findthat the liquid,instead of flow-ing from theproper orifice inan abundantstream, firsttrickles from thenozzle, and then,as we continue totip the vessel,bursts from un-der the lid with asudden outpour-ing that is asastonishing as itis the mostsatisfactory shapefor pouring pur-poses is the old-fashioned tin orearthenwarekettle with its. Silver Candelabra: M. Christesen, Denmark. and high, roundhandle. But thishonest, homelylittle body rarelyrose above aplace beside thelogs in the fire-place. There itsung and wascomfortable; andit would makebut a sorry figureif introduced tothe company ofsuch fine, twistedobjects as nowglitter and shineupon the tablesof nearly everyone who has themeans to pur-chase them. On this pagewe ofive an illus-tration of the sil-versmiths art aspractised in Den-mark. It is aCandelabr.\ ex-hibited by M. , of COPEN H AGEN. straight spout The material is solid silver, widi gold gilt ornamentadon. The piece stands about thirty inches high, and is covered, with the excepdon of the figures, 88 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, i8j6. with fine chasing^ and relief-work from base to top. The candelabra restsupon a triangular-shaped standard ornamented with dolphins heads, masks andmedallions in gold gilt. Around the edge is
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