Examples of household taste . n, and having gradu-ally become cold, another layer of enamel was applied, and the same processof fusion was repeated. When the piece had again cooled, the enamel wasreduced in thickness until sufficiently transparent, and lastly polished. INDUSTRIAL ART. 233 Fine specimens of the above description are extremely rare and subject of our illustration on page 232 belongs to the second division, ora painting in enamel colors—in this instance both opaque and transparent. Our readers are already familiar with the high character of the displaymade at the Cen
Examples of household taste . n, and having gradu-ally become cold, another layer of enamel was applied, and the same processof fusion was repeated. When the piece had again cooled, the enamel wasreduced in thickness until sufficiently transparent, and lastly polished. INDUSTRIAL ART. 233 Fine specimens of the above description are extremely rare and subject of our illustration on page 232 belongs to the second division, ora painting in enamel colors—in this instance both opaque and transparent. Our readers are already familiar with the high character of the displaymade at the Centennial by the Messrs. Elkington, of Birmingham, throughthe superb pieces of metal-work from their manufactory which have been illus-trated in these pages. No one, looking at that splendid exhibit, made up entirely of ob-jects for or-namental use,could fail toacknowledgethe rapid andgreat advancein art and art-industry thatEngland hasmade in thelast quarter ofa century. Itwas here in-deed that wecould see thehighest art ap-. Communion Service : Cox 6* Son, London, plied to theprecious met-als. The la-bors of theartist and arti-san were sot h o rou ghl yand perfectlymingled—asthey should be—that it washard to saywhere the skillof the oneended, and theinspiration ofthe other be- gan. If the other manufacturers of England in their several specialties advanceat the same rapid rate in the application of art to the industries as is advancingthis representative firm of metal-workers, they will acquire for themselves aposition second to none in Europe. The illustration on page 230 is another of the Elkington pieces shown atthe Centennial. It is a large Tazza, or dish, profusely ornamented with richand intricate scroll-work around the rim, and containing in the centre a charminggroup, executed in repousse, of Venus borne upon the waves by Neptune. Weare not aware whether or not this piece is after a design of M. Morel Ladeuil,who is employed by the Messrs. Elkington, but certainly
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