The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . vase, the shape of the base, and the smallest feature of the decorationhave been studied with consummate skill, and produce a grand effect. Thedraped female heads on the pedestals at the side have a beauty uniquely theirown. The kneeling attendants holding aloft their fans and balancing jars upontheir heads suggest, by their costume and accessories, long-forgotten zone around the clock-face contains the symbols of the months, and thewinged globe above may typify the flight of our sphere through spa
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . vase, the shape of the base, and the smallest feature of the decorationhave been studied with consummate skill, and produce a grand effect. Thedraped female heads on the pedestals at the side have a beauty uniquely theirown. The kneeling attendants holding aloft their fans and balancing jars upontheir heads suggest, by their costume and accessories, long-forgotten zone around the clock-face contains the symbols of the months, and thewinged globe above may typify the flight of our sphere through space. The INDUSTRIAL AR F. 99 thought, the conception of such a design as this was an inspiration, and theway it has been executed shows the talent and skill of the genuine artist. We engrave on this page a decorated Dish or Plateau, exhibited byE. G. Zimmerman, in the German Court. This fine and elaborate piece ofwork is of a class too highly finished and too cosdy for the ordinary uses towhich plates are put, but it is designed to serve a purely artistic end by being. Silver Plateau: E. G. Zimmerman of Hanau. suspended from the wall or given a place on a mantel or in a cabinet. This custom of using artistic plaques and plateaux for decorative purposesis extremely popular just at the present time; and as the fashion is a goodone and founded upon thoroughly artistic principles, it is likely to continue. lOO THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. No one who hasnot tried the experi-ment himself or seenit tried by others canrealize the excellenteffect of hanging somebrightly-colored dish orplate such as this uponthe wall in the samemanner as a lights up a roomwonderfully, and whenseveral of them are sodisposed with picturesand engravings at ir-regular intervals thetoiit-cnsemble is capi-tal. The delicate andshapely Bronze Lamp,which is the subject ofour next illiistrallon, isone of ihj beautiful artproductions of the es-tablishment of Messrs. SUSSE FRERES, of PaRIS. France h
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