Examples of household taste . Silver-plated Tea Service: Reed &• Barton, Taunton, Mass. INDUSTRIAL ART. 427 be studied by the aid of a magnifying-glass. In consideration of these elabo-rate excellencies, this Cup may well be placed with the group named in thebeginning of this description, as one of the chefs-dceuvre of the Elkingtonexhibit. The Bronze exhibit in the Italian Court was scarcely such as the reputa-tion of the Italians for art-works in this metal would lead us to expect; butsuch as it was, the collection could not fail of interest on account of the numerous. Silver-plated Tea Serv
Examples of household taste . Silver-plated Tea Service: Reed &• Barton, Taunton, Mass. INDUSTRIAL ART. 427 be studied by the aid of a magnifying-glass. In consideration of these elabo-rate excellencies, this Cup may well be placed with the group named in thebeginning of this description, as one of the chefs-dceuvre of the Elkingtonexhibit. The Bronze exhibit in the Italian Court was scarcely such as the reputa-tion of the Italians for art-works in this metal would lead us to expect; butsuch as it was, the collection could not fail of interest on account of the numerous. Silver-plated Tea Service: Reed &° Barton, Taunton, Ma. reproductions of ancient statuary of world-wide fame which it contained. Twoof these, which the reader will recognize as the Spinario and the DyingGladiator, are engraved on page 422. They are of a size suitable for cabinetornaments, and are wrought in green bronze, which many prefer to the lustrouscopper-tinged metal. Of course it is unnecessary to speak here of the meritsof the statues themselves. Their worth is known to ever} student of art, andin these bronzes we have a miniature reproduction of the originals, in whichevery line is preserved with scrupulous accuracy. Indeed the technical execution 428 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. of the work is one of its chief excellencies, recommending it to the attentionof connoisseurs wherever these statuettes are seen. One of the most elaborate articles of the remarkable glass exhibit ofMessrs. Lobmeyer, of Vienna, is shown in the engraving on page 423, whichcontains several
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