ADVERTISEMENTS. 



and refinement of taste enter, and we have carried off the pahn. Neither Sevres 

 nor Dresden has of late years compared with the best English productions. 

 There is no doubt of this ; and most especially we might instance as successful 

 rivalry the progress that the Coalport Works have made. The marked patronage 

 of Royal circles on the Continent and at home for their productions is, perhaps, 



the best proof of the truth of our statement They have been especially 



practical in their catering for the Vienna Exhibition, and met the foreigner at his 

 weak point rather than courted rivalry at his strongest. No nation on the Conti- 

 nent can compete with the French as regards the painting, though Coalport could 

 and will challenge with every hope of success for the first place when it comes to 

 the question of rivalry in design, exquisite form, graceful ornamentation, brilliancy 

 of colour, bright burnish of gold, and tenderness of glaze in merely decorative 

 porcelain works. The specimens of this character which are sent will, we are 

 sure, worthily maintain the reputation of Coalport " 



f The Stajtdard also, May 23, 1873, in an article on the " Ceramic 

 Art," had the following : — 



" Messrs. Daniell have so many good things from Coalport Works that it would 

 be difficult to present even a brief mention of them all. There is one beautiful 

 pair of vases in imitation Cashmere ware which Sir R. Wallace has already pur- 

 chased, and the same gentleman has also secured a number of plates delightfully 

 painted by Faugeron with exotic leaves. Two portrait vases of the Emperor and 

 Empress of Austria are of old Sevres shape, the bodies being of turquoise and 

 gold, and the paintings by Palmere, almost miniatures in their fine detail. Two 

 gros bleu vases, with raised and chased gold ornamentation and panels, choicely 

 painted with birds by Randall, are as elegant as a pair of jardinieres, with a 

 cobalt ground and gold ferns and grasses in relief, butterflies touched up in bright 

 enamel, toning the otherwise too great richness of the dark gold and blue. These 

 are only a few of the attractions of one of the finest, though not largest, cases in 

 the section. Messrs. Pellatt exhibit some Coalport ware, which is in every respect 

 worthy of the high repute of that renowned manufactory." 



MARBLE AND STONE WORKS, SWAN HILL, SHREWSBURY. 

 R. DODSON 



Respectfully begs to intimate that the Show Rooms contain a large 

 collection of 



MARBLE, STONE, & ENAMELLED SLATE CHIMNEY PIECES, 



MAEBLE AND STONE MUEAL MONUMENTS, 



CEMETERY AND CHURCHYARD MEMORIALS, 



FONTS, FOUNTAINS, VASES, SLATE CISTERNS, 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Designs forwarded for inspection ; and communications by letter will 

 receive immediate attention. 



