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Dancers, 1)y Leonard. Hard porcelain biscuit. These figures, about one foot high. 
B to be used for decoration of a table, either scattered or grouped. 
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GRAND FEU CERAMICS 
II— SEVRES AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1900— (Concluded) 
Taxile Doaf 
[ R. Sandier also secured in Parisian studios decorative de- 
signs and statuettes which were to give the artists and 
artisans of the factory an opportunity to display their skill. 
Among the most remarkable pieces T will mention the two 
biscuit groups for the table decoration of the Presidential 
Palace, by Fremiet, the master sculptor: the Scandinavian 
Diana and the Athenian Minerva, which from a technical stand- 
point are truly marvels of fabrication; also the group of dancers 
by Leonard, 14 charming figurines, well conceived for 
the decoration of a table, whether scattered or grouped; and 
thev^Danish Dogs, bj^ Gardet, which before firing had the fine 
grey tone of the two marble pieces of Chantilly, but do not give 
such a pleasant impression since firing. 
Among smaller pieces, better suited to biscuit, a material 
which finds its proper place between the large marble statuary 
and the small ivory carvings, one admired a wolf following 
human steps on the snow, by Mr. Valton; the charming Phryne 
of Theodore Riviere, the Parrots of Gardet and twenty other 
pieces in porcelain, biscuit or gres. All were on tables covered 
with laces or silk cloth marked with the seal of the factory. 
.11- Sidiulaiiiviiin iJianit, liv !• rc'-niici Lai-g.- iiiei-.e m ii.-ird ])or(!Plain inscun. 
4 ft. Sin. One of <lie two biseuitK made for the Elysfie (Presidential House), 
tlie first pioce.s of that si/.e ever made ai Sevres in biscuit. 
jarge vase, pate sur pate, by 
Taxile Doat. Size 4 ft. 8 in. 
Between two rows of cases were the large vases, almost ex- 
clusively the work of the artists of the factory. The firers had 
produced three vases 4 feet 7 inches high, in flamme reds of 
copper, as rare and beautiful as gems. 
Among pates sur pates specimens were about ten pieces of 
mine, one of them a large vase, decorated with the " Cities of 
Provence " in the shape of medallions scattered among leaves 
