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KERAMIC STUDIO 
VASE 
. R. M. McCn 
TEA POT 
i M. Topping 
Mabel C. Dibble Mrs 
HOT B'J 
CHICAGO LETTER 
THE Atlan Ceramic Art Club opened their seventh annual 
exhibition at the Art Institute on Tuesday, November 
21st, with an afternoon reception, for which one thousand in- 
vitations had been issued. Despite the rainy, disagreeable 
weather, a very large attendance marked the interest felt in 
the work of this club. 
Naturally, the chief attraction was the " Exhibit for 
Paris." The space given to the Atlan Club at the Paris expo- 
sition is a direct compliment to their fine strong original 
work, and the club members appreciating this faith in them, 
have succeeded in making the finest exhibit they have ever 
shown at the Art Institute. The choicest of this has been 
selected for Paris and placed in two cases, in order to give 
space for each piece. The photograph however shows one 
case arranged so that at least one piece from each member is 
visible. The Atlan Club work will fill a case just within the 
arch of the main facade of the Palace of Industries, a con- 
spicuous and fitting place for this exhibit. 
With one exception, every piece was painted during the 
present year and never before exhibited at the Art Institute, 
so perhaps a brief description of this case will prove of greater 
interest than a general one. 
Commencing at the left of the photograph, the large jar- 
diniere in Persian design, by Mrs. J. E. Zeublin, is a rich and 
harmonious piece in colorings of dark blue, green and brown? 
on the pure white, with touches of red to enliven the quiet 
tones. 
A chop platter, by Miss Eva E. Adams, has a brilliant 
and yet delicate design in pink, turquoise, green and yellow, 
with a rich darker border in blues. 
The little teapot, by Miss Helen Topping, is most charm- 
ing, or as one member of the club said, "the color scheme is 
distracting." Only simple blues and greens, with touches of 
yellow — but its the "knowing how" that makes so many bits 
of china from the Atlan Club a delight to the possessor. In 
fact the repetition of "blues and greens" and so few colors 
Mrs. F. M. Steele 
PLACQUE AND BOWL 
Mrs. L. T. Stewart 
CHOCOLATE POT 
Mary A. Phillips 
mentioned, make, I fear, a dull showing, but the reality is far 
from dull, and though the palette used by the club is very 
small, there is not the slightest trace of sameness, and where 
brilliant, no crudeness, and though soft, not dull or weak. 
Mrs. R. M. McCreery's vase, fleur-de-lis in old blues on 
creamy ground, with gold and blue band at top, is simple but 
very good, and the small hot water pitcher with an artistic 
arrangement of hydrangeas conventionalized in soft violets, 
blues and greens, with ground of yellow lustre, by Miss Grace 
H. Peck, is so delightful that it attracts the eye at once. The 
large vase with pink chrysanthemums, pale blue lilies with 
bright little scarlet blossoms and many leaves, all in enamels 
on white, with severely conventional band at top in dark blue, 
yellow and pale green enamel, is by Miss Mabel C. Dibble. 
The beautiful peacock vase, by Mrs. A. A. Frazee, is most 
striking. Persian in design and coloring, rich but not glaring 
— it is an interesting study to all. The beauty of the cup and 
saucer at left of this vase unfortunately is not revealed in the 
photograph, but Mrs. Adele Lawson has received many com- 
pliments upon her work. The cup and saucer are divided into 
panels by double bands of two distinct designs, but perfectly 
harmonizing; the panels are filled with lotus blossoms. 
The quaint little pitcher at the right is even more quaint 
in coloring — pink, blue and yellow flowers on a violet lustre 
background, with stiff little nosegays standing upright around 
the neck, making one hesitate to decide whether it is one or 
two hundred years old, or just a delicious bit worthy of the 
Atlan Club. This pitcher represents Mrs. F. M. Sessions in 
the Paris case. 
The large placque in the foreground is an orignal arrange- 
ment of the humble dandelion, by Mrs. L. T. Steward, in dark 
and turquoise blue enamels with lustre background. It is 
well designed and carried out in purely conventional forms, 
with the motif not lost sight of in any portion of the placque. 
Mrs. E. L. Humphrey's tall Moorish shaped vase is correctly 
treated in Moorish style — design, color and shape all harmo- 
nizing. The color scheme simply dark blue with purple tone. 
