KERAMIC STUDIO 
tion and sale from Dec. 2d to the 15th. The display was well 
placed and seemed to be popularly appreciated and patronized. 
Beside this public exhibit of the club, there have been a num- 
ber of studio exhibitions, especially those of Mrs. Wagner, 
Mrs. Nasmyth, Miss Donaldson and the ladies who form the 
"Art Colony" in the Holbrook building, Mrs. Harrison, Miss 
Leonard, Miss Adams and Mrs. Wells. 
The Kansas City Keramic Club held its second exhibi- 
tion at the Midland Hotel, Dec. 7th, 8th and 9th, inclusive. 
Mr. Bischoff will receive pupils throughout December, but 
his studio will be closed during the month of January, when 
he will work out some ideas he has in mind. His late decora- 
tions show some very beautiful simple effects, several vases 
having only a flower or two to suggest the color scheme, while 
all the rest was soft back ground effect. A plaque with black 
berries hadn't a single strong color in it, so that it seemed like 
a shimmering grey, yet it was really painted in many colors in 
low tones yet with perfect values. Then there was a charming 
reproduction of a water color rose study, with pink and yellow 
roses in the fore-ground and darker ones fading into the back- 
ground. It is possible that several other reproductions may 
follow this one. 
A reception was tendered to Mrs. M. L. Wagner on the 
evening of Nov. 27th, at the Detroit Museum of Art, by the 
members of the Detroit Keramic Club and Director Grifflth 
In behalf of the Museum. It was a delightful affair and well 
attended by some three hundred of Mrs. Wagner's friends and 
well wishers. She will remain in Detroit another month 
before leaving for New York, where she will spend a few days, 
sailing for Paris on Jan. 27th. 
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JN THE The vase with bird decoration in this 
SHOPS mont h's Historic Ornament, is from the shop 
of Burley & Co., Chicago. It is a very fine 
shape and comes in three sizes, white china, the largest being 
ten inches high. 
The New York Society of Keramic Arts has decided to 
place on sale the work of its members, during" the year, with 
Mr. H. T. Wilhelm, formerly Wilhelm & Graef, who for 
twenty-five years had a beautiful store on Twenty-sixth street 
and Fifth avenue. Mr. Wilhelm is now established at 1122 
Broadway on the corner of Twenty-fifth street (the building 
also facing on Fifth avenue), as a commissionaire and buyer. 
He carries only a few samples of the very choicest things in 
porcelain and glass, but his old customers knowing him to be 
an authority on such matters go to him for his advice and 
judgment, allowing him to purchase for them. This has never 
been done to any great extent in this country, but in Paris 
this method has always been carried out by some connoisseurs 
and collectors, or men of fine taste and good judgment, who 
assist their friends or customers in selecting the proper things. 
Beautiful china is a perfect passion with Mr. Wilhelm, and he 
is greatly interested in the work of the Society and will en- 
deavor to bring it before the public, and especially before the 
New York families that have traded with him for so many years. 
Birthday cups and saucers with the signs of the Zodiac 
are quite popular now for presents. 
A very old game set which we saw was extremely decora- 
tive and not so awfully " gamey " as those birds that are 
painted with the full landscape, clouds and all. This was 
French ware and must have given the table a magnificent ap- 
pearance with all the accessories of silver and glass. There 
was a most elaborate design of gold in fine tracings all over the 
rim (not a stamped pattern, it was all free hand) and the birds 
were decoratively painted right against the white china with 
only a few branches or twigs to give them a footing. It 
was the most attractive game set of that kind, that we have 
seen, and the quaintness of it was very impressive. It was a 
surprise to learn that it was French, as one would imagine it 
old Dresden. As this number is rather a "bird number" we 
take this occasion to mention the plates. 
We have been studying the effects obtained by the Jap- 
anese in their bird decorations and it is wonderfully interesting 
to see how much can be done with these forms. We saw a 
vase on which was painted a cock with the feathers in a per- 
fect swirl of color — making an exceeding decorative bit, but 
requiring precision and great freedom of touch — a Japanese 
touch ! 
Bawo & Dotter, Barclay street, New York, have some 
fine shapes in Vienna white china, which sells for one-third 
the price of French china, and they claim fires well, also some 
interesting Cobalt Blue underglaze band china. 
La Societe Ceramique, J. Pouyat has some good placques 
of different sizes for wall decoration. A stunning posteresque 
decoration made by Henrietta Barclay Wright on one of these 
placques, will be one of our next color supplements. 
We have been using a fine color from Miss Osgood's 
studio lately. It is called Persian Red, and when dusted on 
makes a rich oriental shade. 
We wish our readers to thoroughly understand that when 
we mention any one of our advertisers we do not mean to 
have you think that the others have not just as good or per- 
haps the same things. It is only that we have had the oppor- 
tunity of personal knowledge of certain things and we hope 
to become as well acquainted with all our advertisers and give 
each one the special good word he deserves. 
