The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Thorwaldwn s Ganymede in Terra-cotta : Madame Ipscii, of Denmark. the artists employed by that institution, after which it was embroidered uponthe cloth and mounted as we see it here. A fourth panel, concealed from viewin the illustration, but similar in character to the one on the right, completesthe harmony of the design, which is in every way admirable. In a country-house or in any dwelling where gas is not in use, the Lamp-Stand of German manufacture, shown in our illustraUon on page 250, would beabout as pretty and u
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Thorwaldwn s Ganymede in Terra-cotta : Madame Ipscii, of Denmark. the artists employed by that institution, after which it was embroidered uponthe cloth and mounted as we see it here. A fourth panel, concealed from viewin the illustration, but similar in character to the one on the right, completesthe harmony of the design, which is in every way admirable. In a country-house or in any dwelling where gas is not in use, the Lamp-Stand of German manufacture, shown in our illustraUon on page 250, would beabout as pretty and useful an article for the purpose as could be devised. It islight and graceful in shape, and yet of sufficient weight to withstand any ordinaryjar. The lamps are raised to a sufficient height to be out of the way and to 256 THE IN TER XA TIONAL EXHIBITIO .V, 1876. give their Iij,^lit the proper elevation, wliile a broad, shallow vase is added tothe top, in which flowers may be arranged to Washington Race-Cup: Tiffany 6» Co. The DouLTON Pottery, of which we have spoken at length in a formernumber, is seen in our engraving on page 251, which well illustrates the varietyand artistic excellence of the pieces made by the Company that gives its name INDUSTRIAL ART. 257 to the ware. The absence of all overloading in ornamentation or of mere-tricious decoration Is particularly noticeable in these pieces, each one of whichis eminently satisfactory in itself and gives evidence of a thorough, intelligentstudy on the part of the artist who designed it. Pottery of the highest class, as far as material is concerned and of merito-rious decoration, is seen in the Porcelain Vase, illustrated on page 252, whichwas exhibited in the French Court. From the character of the design whichcovers the body of the piece—a fox and implements of the chase—it is possiblethat the vase may have been intended as a hunting-trophy, to be presented tosome victor who has followed the hounds and been
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