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GEOMETRICAL FLOWER-GARDENS. 



jun., of Paris, and made of white terra- 

 cotta — a very desirable kind of material, 

 and an exceed- 

 j ~ 1 ingly good imi- 



tation of stone. 

 The design of 

 this vase has 

 merits suffici- 

 ently obvious to 

 the eye of the 

 connoisseur, and 

 being so far re- 

 moved in gene- 

 ral appearance 

 from those we 

 every day see, 

 must please even those least acquainted 

 with the principles of true taste. 



Fig. 866. — This elegant cast-iron vase 

 is a specimen of the taste and execution 

 of M. Ducel, of Paris. It possesses, in 



Fig-. 865. 



Fig. 866. 



our estimation, 

 merits over the 

 majority of gar- 

 den vases, as 

 usually met 

 with, which are 

 too often bad 

 copies of the 

 antiques, or, if 

 of modern de- 

 sign, often de- 

 fective in pro- 

 portions, or 

 wanting in ele- 

 gance of form. 

 Vases require 

 to be some- 

 more 

 mere 



flower-pots ; 

 indeed, it is 

 questionable if 

 plants should 

 be placed in 

 those possess- 

 ing artistic or 

 classic merits. 

 They are suf- 

 ficient orna- 

 ments of themselves; and our present 

 subject is an illustration of this kind. 



Fig. 867 is another garden vase, pos- 

 sessing, with the last, more than ordinary 

 merits. In material it is very different, 

 being fabricated of a rich pale terra-cotta 

 of exceedingly admirable workmanship, 



thing 

 than 



and highly creditable to the proprietor 

 and modeller, Mr J. Pulham, of Brox- 

 bourne, Hertfordshire. This vase stands 



on a square granulated pedestal of similar 

 character, which, like the vase, shows 

 great sharpness and delicacy of execution. 



