ORNAMENTAL VASES AND CHIMNEY TOPS. 



Fig 7. 



Fig. 8. 



that a builder should put very rich chimney 

 tops on a bald and meagre cottage, than 

 that a hatter should put a plumed chapeau- 

 bras on the head of a day- 

 laborer. 



There are few objects 

 that may, with so much 

 good effect, be introduced 

 into the scenery of plea- 

 sure grounds, surrounding 

 a tasteful villa, as the vase, 

 in its many varied forms. The terra cotta 

 vases of the Garnkirk company exhibit 

 pleasing forms, and a 

 soft mellow shade of 

 colour, which harmo- 

 nizes admirably with 

 the hue of foliage and 

 turf. From among the 

 variety' manufactured 

 by them, we have se- 

 lected a few, of which 

 we here present engravings. 



Fig. 7, is a pleasing pattern, ornamented 

 with foliage. There are three sizes of this 

 pattern ; the smallest being 2 feet high, 

 and costing $5. 



Fig. 8, is a new vase, ornamented with 

 a wreath, and is generally admired. The 

 height is nearly 3 feet, and the price S6. 

 Fig. 9, is a clas- 

 sical vase of pure 

 and simple outline. 

 It is 3| feet high, 

 and costs SlO. 



Fig. 10, is a copy 



of the celebrated 



Warwick vase, 4 



feet wide and 2| 



feet high. 



F'ff-9- Figs. 11 and 12, 



are classical vases, upon pedestals, as they 



should always appear when placed in any 



part of the pleasure grounds. To set down 



a vase upon the earth, or the lawn, without 

 any pedestal, is to give it a temporary cha- 

 racter, and to rob it of that dignity and im- 

 portance which it gains, both to the eye 

 and the reason, by being placed on a firm 

 and secure pedestal. 



Fig. 10. 



Fig. 13, represents a pair of tozza vases, 

 for a fountain. The measurement of the 

 whole 10 feet high. 



Looking at the vase in an artistical point 

 of view, it is considered as performing the 

 office of uniting the architecture and the 

 grounds of a complete country residence. 

 It is the architectural idea, carried a little 

 beyond the house, and shows that the same 

 feeling of taste and embellishment reigns 

 in both departments of the residence. It 



will be easily understood from this, that 

 the most suitable place for vases is in high- 

 ly kept portions of the pleasure ground, 



