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KERAMIC STUDIO 
MISS CHARLOTTE KROLL 
NEWARK SOCIETY EXHIBIT 
HP HE members of the Newark Society, which has been 
-■- giving annual exhibitions for nearly a dozen years, 
long ago acquired the technical skill that puts their work 
on a high plane, and in the present exhibition this tech- 
nique is very much in evidence in the use of several 
mediums, particularly lustre and enamel, applied to glass 
as well as to pottery and china of diverse quality and tex- 
ture. 
Beginning with the humblest and lowliest of things, the 
exhibition shows what artistic use can be made of the 
ordinary yellow bowls that stand on every pantry shelf. 
There are several of these, the largest, such a bowl as our 
grandmothers used for mixing the ingredients of cake and 
pie, being the most striking. Miss Charlotte Kroll has 
decorated it with enamel, in a strong design of pink and 
green color, Which harmonizes agreeably with the tint of 
the pottery. Another glorification of the lowly that deserves 
mention is a jam pot, which Miss Louise McDougall has 
decorated with medallions and encased in a raffia covering, 
so constructed as to form a frame for the medallions, while 
Miss A. D'Espies's smaller pottery bowls should not be 
overlooked. 
Of painted china there is much that is good, such as Miss 
Jetta Ehlers's lavender and white chocolate set, with a de- 
sign distinguished by its simplicity. It is set off by glass 
candlesticks to match and linen table coverings ornamented 
in the same hue, the whole exhibit representing Miss 
Ehlers's restrained taste and firm technique. All her ex- 
hibits, which are numerous, have the same high quality. A 
game set by Miss Nora Forster, with a bird motif and lovely 
soft coloring, belongs in this same class. Still another is 
Miss Julia Wilter's set of white and gold, done on Belleek 
so as to emphasize the fine texture of the china. 
The use of lustre plays a big part in the show — or rather 
the use of lustres, for there seems to be no end of them — 
yellow, silver, old rose, copper, mother of pearl and how 
many more shades of this shimmering material. Its delights 
are evident in the exhibit of Miss Ethel Wing, who shows 
compotes, candlesticks and vases, all exquisitely done. The 
beauty of her display is a red vase of a rare shade, and 
very beautiful. Fine lustering marks Miss Kroll's tan and 
black porch set, Mrs. Mosher's lustre glass candlesticks and 
others of which these are simply representatives. 
The thing in which the society appears to take the 
greatest interest is its work in enamel, and in its skilful 
use of this medium it may fairly pride itself. A very 
MISS FANNY CLARK 
