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Title: The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 ..
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Shinn, Earl, 1838-1886 Smith, Walter Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902
Subjects: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Philadelphia, Gebbie & Barrie
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ic art. The best period—when the finest and most sumptuous pieces were made—was toward the close ofthe last century. When pate dure, or hard porcelain, was discovered, the processof manufacturing in this composition was found to be so much easier than tomake pd!e tcndre, that the latter was only occasionally practiced. Of late years,the production of the Sevres factory has been largely/^r/c c/«;r, and in this, thesuperior quality of the kaolin (porcelain clay) used, and the exceeding hardnessof the glaze with which the bisquit is covered, renders the finished work incom-parably the best in the world as far as mere technique goes. Yet, a curiousresult of these qualities is, that their excess of excellence, so to speak, leaveslittle opportunity for the decorator to exercise his skill upon the ware. The IND US TRIA L A R J. 141 glaze is so hard that the colors do not incorporate with it, Ixit lie hard andcold upon the surface. There is no ground for fine chromatic effects, and it is
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Clock and Bmnzi Group : The Collectivd ExIiiHt of France. an acknowledged fact that now French artists prefer to paint their designs 142 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. upon stoneware or other pottery rather than upon pate dure. On the otherhand, pate tend)x is of such nature that colors incorporate with the body andcombine with the glaze. A pate teiidrc vase of the best period has a richnessand warmth of color that no words can fittingly describe. The vase that weillustrate is of the pdtc dure variet)\ On page 138 is an illustration of the Amazonl\n Vase, that forms one of theprincipal ornaments to Horticultural Hall. This fine work of art. is made ofterra-cotta, an humbler material than porcelain, although scarcely inferior to it inusefulness. It is another example of the large and varied display of artisticpottery made by the Messrs. Doulton & Son, of Lambeiii, England. The vasewas designed by Tixworth, one of the most promising young sculptors of theday, and it may be cons

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