The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . stly made inmoulds, and was produced in immense quantities. Of late years the reproduction of this gres has been undertaken at nearlyall the large factories of Germany, and so successfully is it made that in manyinstances none but an expert can detect the difference, especially when, as istoo commonly the case, the original marks are copied and the stamp of thetrue maker is suppressed. INDUSTRIAL ART. los We illustrate on this page a group of three Antique German Vessels,manufactured by Messrs. Mekkeldach & Wick, of Gkenz
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . stly made inmoulds, and was produced in immense quantities. Of late years the reproduction of this gres has been undertaken at nearlyall the large factories of Germany, and so successfully is it made that in manyinstances none but an expert can detect the difference, especially when, as istoo commonly the case, the original marks are copied and the stamp of thetrue maker is suppressed. INDUSTRIAL ART. los We illustrate on this page a group of three Antique German Vessels,manufactured by Messrs. Mekkeldach & Wick, of Gkenzhausen, who make aspecialty of the production of this style of ware. The piece without a handleis a very fine copy of gres de Cologne. The body is of a soft gray color, onwhich is the raised ornamentation and the blue enamel colorino-. The lowerpart of the piece has grooves or depressions radiating upward at regularintervals to the central zone, which contains a coat-of-arms supported bywinged griffins and scroll-work. Above this is a collar widi a twisted incised. German S/ein^uf: Merketbach &= IVick. Crenzhaiiscn.
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