Examples of household taste . Ornamental Tile Mantlepiece : Minion, Hollis & Co., London. 386 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. the second firing. The effect is to produce an even surface, under which theornamentation is seen in shades of color varying with the thickness of theglaze. An example of this kind in the group before us is the oblong plaquewith rabbits, grotesquely shaped birds and scrolls. Below this plaque is a jardiniere, made of faience, with masks and fancifulfigures painted upon the surface in colors, mostly green, blue, brown, and yellow,like in the faience of Gien. The rema
Examples of household taste . Ornamental Tile Mantlepiece : Minion, Hollis & Co., London. 386 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. the second firing. The effect is to produce an even surface, under which theornamentation is seen in shades of color varying with the thickness of theglaze. An example of this kind in the group before us is the oblong plaquewith rabbits, grotesquely shaped birds and scrolls. Below this plaque is a jardiniere, made of faience, with masks and fancifulfigures painted upon the surface in colors, mostly green, blue, brown, and yellow,like in the faience of Gien. The remaining objects in the group are bronzes, executed with that deli-. Turkish Green Crockery : Turkish Court. cacy of workmanship and finish for which the French are celebrated. Threedifferent styles of work are shown here; as elegant as any, perhaps, being theone most simple in design and ornament. The famous Staffordshire potteries, as represented by Messrs. Brown,Westhead, Moore & Co., of Staffordshire, furnish the Group of Potteryrepresented on page 379. Here are several beautiful designs for jardinieres,fruit- and card-baskets, a cup of a novel shape, another decorated a la Russe,a line of tiles which this firm make in great variety, and an ornamental vasedecorated after the manner of Bernard Palissy. This last-named object is anelaborately wrought work, great care having been taken with the enamel coloring,which is very rich and varied. In others of the group there are examples of INDUSTRIAL ART. 387 figure-modeling, the most noteworthy specimen of this kind being the littlefigure who, from the weight of the basket he is carrying aloft, may be
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