APPLIED ART. 



Ill 



It would take up too niurli 

 Art in which the Waratah has be 

 acceptance than with cer- 

 amic artists in their cliina 

 paintings, and foremost 

 amongst these was Louis 

 Bilton, who, as stated 

 above, was sent to Aus- 

 traha by those famous 

 potters, Messrs. Doulton 

 and Sons, to depict 

 sketches of the Austrahan 

 flora from hfe for decora- 

 tive purposes, such draw- 

 ings to be utihsed by that 

 lirm in its various porce- 

 lain manufactures. His 

 sketches ranged over a 

 wide field, and were not 

 confined to one particular 

 group of flowers. His 

 verdict in this connection 

 was that our native flora 

 lends itself to artistic 

 decoration above that of 

 other countries, and so 

 one result of his journev 

 to Australia was that 



-CERAMICS. 



space to enumerate all the branches of Applied 

 come a favourite ; but in none has it found more 



Fi^. 29. 



Fig. 30. 



Doulton's Australian floral 

 designs on their china 

 were much admired; but 

 as the series of vases, &c., 

 were not continued, they 

 have become rare, and are 

 now bringing fancy prices 

 by connoisseurs. Several 

 specimens arc exhibited 

 in the Techno'ogical Mu- 

 seum. 



