The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Cupid and Psyche—Bronze :Italian Court. Its surface is decoratedwith one of those quaintlydrawn pictures for whichthe old faience and ma-jolica are famous. Forhandles, two naked satyrsstand in contorted atti-tudes upon bacchicmasks. Our next illustration,on page 395, is also anexample of pottery, butof a vastly different na-ture. It is a PorcelainVase of Japanese manu-facture. Its shape is thatof a truncated cone, the 402 THE INTERNATIONAL EX HIBI TIO N, 18 76. 396, of Cut Glass. These examples are from the estabhshmt-nt
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Cupid and Psyche—Bronze :Italian Court. Its surface is decoratedwith one of those quaintlydrawn pictures for whichthe old faience and ma-jolica are famous. Forhandles, two naked satyrsstand in contorted atti-tudes upon bacchicmasks. Our next illustration,on page 395, is also anexample of pottery, butof a vastly different na-ture. It is a PorcelainVase of Japanese manu-facture. Its shape is thatof a truncated cone, the 402 THE INTERNATIONAL EX HIBI TIO N, 18 76. 396, of Cut Glass. These examples are from the estabhshmt-nt ot M. J. Green,OF London, and may be accepted as exemplars of the technical excellence ofthe manufacture in England. Each piece is of blown glass, the nameexpressing the method in which it is shaped, and in this way a brilliancy andclearness of surface is produced which cannot be obtained by any other Ganymede— Terra Coita : The \ Vidow Ipsen of Copenhagen, After the pieces have been thus shaped, the next thing is to cut and engravethe surface as may be required, and we have before us four several examplesin a finished state. The delicacy and perfectness of this work is marvelouswhen we consider that it is all done upon a wheel, and that a slip is irremedi-able. In the goblets the extreme thinness and transparency of the crystalbecomes the more apparent in contrast with the engraving. INDUSTRIAL ART. 403 The Embroidered Table-Cover, illustrated on page 397, is an excellentexample of Turkish decorative needle-work. It was one of the numerousexamples of textile manufacture exhibited in the Turkish Court at the Centen-
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