INDUSTRIAL ART.


Fine specimens of the above description are extremely rare and valuable.
The subject of our illustration on page 232 belongs to the second division,
or
a painting in enamel colors-in this instance both opaque and transparent.
Our readers are already familiar with the high character of the display
made at the Centennial by the MESSRS. ELKINGTON, OF BIRMINGHAM, through
the 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-                                           plied  to the


jects for or-
namental use,
could fail to
ackn owledge
the rapid and
great advance
in art and art-
industry that
England has
made in the
last quarter of
a century. It
was here in-
deed that we


precious met-
als.  The la-
bors of the
artist and arti-
san were so
)  thoroughly
and perfectly
mingled-as
they should be
-that it was
hard to say
where the skill
of the one
ended, and the


could see the           Corninwzon Service: Cox & Son, London.  inspiration
of
highest art ap-                                              the other be-
gan. If the other manufacturers of England in their several specialties advance
at the same rapid rate in the application of art to the industries as is
advancing
this representative firm of metal-workers, they will acquire for themselves
a
position second to none in Europe.
The illustration on page 230 is another of the Elkington pieces shown at
the Centennial.  It is a large TAZZA, or dish, profusely ornamented with
rich
and intricate scroll-work around the rim, and containing in the centre a
charming
group, executed in repousse, of Venus borne upon the waves by Neptune. We
are not aware whether or not this piece is after a design of M. Morel Ladeuil,
who is employed by the MESSRS. ELKINGTON, but certainly the vigorous drawing




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