The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Earth Vessels: Turkish Court, all united in saying afterward that they found here a market for their very bestwares, that they found an educated, appreciati\e people, ready to pay liberallyfor works of art. The mistake which these dealers had made was a very natural one. Theyargued, and with some show of reason, that because we did not produce art-work of the highest character we had no market for it. They forgot that whileour arusans as a class had not the art educational facilides of their Europeanbrethren, that our wea
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Earth Vessels: Turkish Court, all united in saying afterward that they found here a market for their very bestwares, that they found an educated, appreciati\e people, ready to pay liberallyfor works of art. The mistake which these dealers had made was a very natural one. Theyargued, and with some show of reason, that because we did not produce art-work of the highest character we had no market for it. They forgot that whileour arusans as a class had not the art educational facilides of their Europeanbrethren, that our wealthy classes were constandy abroad and familiar with thebest of European work. The time is coming, however, when ourart-workmen will be peers of any anywhere. All they need is the opportunityto see and study the right models. From the London Exhibition of 1S51 grew INDUSTRIAL ART. 1S9 up the South Kensington Museum and the industrial-art revival in England,and we are more advanced to-day than England was then. Therefore, taking. Lace Fanisol Cover—ColUctivc Exhibit oj Bcl/riiim. our Centennial as an equivalent starting-point, we may reasonably hope ioreven greater results in the next twenty-five years than England achieved in thesame space of time. That English art-workmanship has made a truly wonderful advance in the 190 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. last quarter of a century was abundantly proven by the rich and varied displaysin the English Court. In no other branch of industry was this more noticeablethan in the ceramics. The very choice exhibit of the Messrs. Daniell alonewas evidence ot tiiis. Here were to be seen the very finest productions of thepotters skill—original desi<jns showing education in the best schools, cleverreproductions of famous fabriqiics, copies of rare antiques, and examples of thelatest discoveries in the art. We have already presented to our readers in
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