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the two are placed lightly printed photographs 

 of statues, designs, flowers, &c., which show 

 out as if finely engraved upon the marble : and 

 these artistic effects are produced at the lowest 

 possible cost. 



Xaylor exhibited some exquisite chalice- 

 shaped cups, on which were engraved copies 

 of the celebrated picture of the " Last Supper," 

 equal to anything shown in the whole class. 



One of the eight Prismatic Mirrors, which 

 Messrs. Defries made for the late Sultan's new 

 palace on the Bosphorus, was exhibited. This 

 mirror is 15 feet high and 8 feet broad, and 

 contains 1000 prisms. All the prisms join each 

 other at the sides, so as to form one piece, and 

 at the ends are dovelocked together and held 

 into their place by a peculiar arrangement of 

 copper rods. The weight of pure crystal is one 

 ton, and the metal back one ton more. 



POTTERY. The largest work of this class in 

 the building was the Majolica Fountain, placed 

 under the eastern dome. In its variety of form 

 and color it harmonizes with the internal ar- 

 rangement and decoration of the building: it 

 was designed and modelled by Mr. John 

 Thomas, the sculptor, and executed under his 

 superintendence for the display of Minton's 

 modern majolica. The design, while very ele- 

 gant and symmetrical as a whole, has that bold 

 distribution of parts which is essential in a 

 fountain to be in keeping with the wild play 

 of water, especially in the open air. The mass 

 of the fountain is in stone; the figures and 

 ornaments, which are for the most part emble- 

 matical, being added in majolica. This is the 

 finest work of the kind ever executed in this 

 country, and proves that majolica may be made 

 a most important department of industrial and 

 decorative art. 



The Wedgwood Collection, exhibited by the 

 descendants of Josiah Wedgwood, nobly repre- 

 sented his famous ware in Etruscan vases, 

 Nevers blue vases, and classic forms, painted 

 with pastoral and other subjects. 



A costly dessert-service, manufactured for 

 Her Majesty at the Royal Porcelain Works, 

 Worcester, by W. H. Kerr and Co., is unique in 

 its application of color to enamels, enamel de- 

 coration to a service, and the general treat- 

 ment of the design ; its cost and difficulty of 

 production being immensely increased by no 

 device being repeated : while each plate con- 

 tains five subjects, and for the plates alone 

 upward of four hundred designs were made. 



At the head of the French collection stood 

 the magnificent manufactures of Sevres. Here 

 it was at once shown that the character of 

 Sevres is changed. It produces little of the 

 old sort. Its royal blue is nearly as good as 

 of yore ; but its turquoise blue is dull, its Rose 

 de Barry is very far from the mark, and its 

 gilding wants lustre. Instead of these, how- 

 ever, we were presented with many other 

 hues. Here were vases and cups of every 

 form, and of many tints. Perhaps the most 

 interesting part of the collection was a small 



case containing three or four dozen cups; 

 every cup almost was different not merely 

 in pattern, but in more essential qualities. 

 There was not one which had not called forth 

 the highest skill of the French artist, and 

 would not fetch a fabulous price. The produc- 

 tion of a sort of a sea-green ware they call it 

 " celadon," and a variety of it " cekidon change- 

 ant' 1 ' 1 which first appeared in the Paris Ex- 

 hibition in 1855, may be regarded as the lead- 

 ing feature of the Sevres display : The color is 

 characteristic of modern Sevres in this respect, 

 that it is of a low tone. The primary colors 

 are for the most part eschewed; so also the 

 secondary ones ; and those which are sought 

 are the tertiary and still more complex com- 

 binations. What is here called celadon is most 

 feebly translated in the epithet seagreen. It is 

 a gray, dull seagreen of many shades, more or 

 less allied to some old oriental ware, which it 

 is more easy to recognise than to describe. 

 This celadon is a body-color, it pervades the 

 paste, and on it the French artists have suc- 

 ceeded in pencilling with a similar but white 

 paste various designs, chiefly leaves and flow- 

 ers, which stand out in gentle relief upon the 

 vase or cup, white upon the celadon ground. 

 The effect is very beautiful, especially in a 

 variety of the celadon which is called changeant, 

 because of the singular ease with which it re- 

 flects local color. By gas-light this celadon 

 looks pink. 



A small case bearing the name of Avisseau, 

 of Tours, contained two pieces in imitation of 

 Palissy ware one a dish with a pike and other 

 fish on it, the other a plateau, on which a 

 heron is contending with a snake. It was 

 extraordinary work. The glancing light on 

 the skin of the pike and the eel in the one case, 

 and of the snake in the other, was quite mar- 

 vellous. In drawing, in action, in color, every- 

 thing was perfect. 



Substances used in Manufactures. This class 

 included not only raw materials, or substances, 

 but the manufactures themselves. It was very 

 miscellaneous, and presented comparatively 

 few striking novelties. 



THE BBITISH COLONIES. Jamaica. There 

 was an abundant display of specimens of the 

 products of this colony, such as sugar, rum, in- 

 digo, cotton, Indian corn, rice, bread-fruit, and 

 bananas. 



First were not less than 144 specimens of 

 rum of the highest proof, in bottles; of all 

 shades, from the pale pine apple color to the 

 dark purple of port wine. Near the rums was 

 a fine collection of the liqueurs and choice 

 wines of the island, most exquisite in flavor, 

 such as the pimento, the orange, the jamboline 

 a delicious liqueur ; and the delicious Santa 

 wine. 



The vegetable oils of the country were repre- 

 sented by forty-eight specimens, some of great 

 value in the arts, manufactures, and medicine. 

 There was the wonderful croton oil, the sand 

 box oil, and an oil called the " French physic- 



