Vol. IV, No. 5 
NEW YORK AND SYRACUSE 
September 1902 
HATCHING the general trend of things, we see 
a constantly increasing exodus from the 
leading studios to the summer schools of 
design or pottery where teachers and stu- 
dents are spending their time profitably 
studying and at the same time enjoying an 
outing, consequently the work in the regu- 
lar season will be much stronger and better. 
The decoration of porcelain in this country, while not a 
new thing, has only of late taken a serious and artistic turn, 
and it will be sometime before certain principles are generally 
recognized. In the shops, as well as the studios, one sees a 
character in the designs different from those of two or three 
years ago, showing that in a commercial way also, there is a 
a demand for better designs. Even in the cheaper wares 
where the design is stamped there is much more refinement 
and good taste than formerly. Indeed, many of the stenciled 
designs are excellent. 
The makers of pottery, with their underglaze decorations, 
seem to have progressed more rapidly than the overglaze deco- 
rators, doubtless owing to the arts and crafts societies which 
accept nothing but the artistic, and from these the factories 
have taken a hint. 
We have given illustrations from time to time of artistic 
pottery, which should have and doubtless has, given our sub- 
scribers suggestions and hints for overglaze decorations. 
While it is perhaps a mistake to try to copy exactly the 
broad designs made under the glaze, in an overglaze decoration, 
still these decorations are teeming with suggestions that may 
be carried out in a more delicate manner on the porcelain 
surface. The spacing and general effect may be obtained with 
combinations of various materials; in other words, the same 
idea may be expressed with different mediums — enamels, 
bronzes, gold lustres, raised paste or flat washes of color or 
enamel with various outlines; there is no limit to the possi- 
bilities of overglaze decorations, and decorators are more fully 
realizing the fact. 
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NOTES FOR STUDENTS VISITING THE METROPOLI- 
TAN MUSEUM 
[CONTINUED] 
No. 146. Jar. Excellent design, top and bottom form- 
ing beautiful lines for the background. 
No. 148. Note the way the gold is used on the blue. 
No. 190. Cup. Note combination of color and the way 
the blue medallions are used, the design being in white. 
No. 196. Good shape for panel and good design. 
No. 223. Bottle vase. Fine all over design in the reserve 
oval, and good treatment of the neck. 
No. 211. Plate. Delightful all over design in blue and 
white, fine distribution of color, note proportions of bands. 
No. 205. Cup and saucer. Good design. 
No. 204. Vase. Effective diaper pattern in panels. 
No. 201, Plate. Good suggestions for medallions. 
No. 202. Plate. Blue and white, fine in color and distri- 
bution of white. 
No. 243. Octagonal plate. Note the background. 
No. 230. Plate. Good border. 
No. 311. Note proportions of bands. 
No. 309. Plate. Note panels and the background. 
No. 632. Plate. Note arrangement of blossoms on rim 
and treatment of background. 
No. 357. Beautiful tone of blue and white and fine 
powdering of the white blossoms on blue — note background. 
No. 395. Fine arrangement of medallions and good design. 
No. 4 10. Vase. Good distribution of white on blue. 
No. 427. Cup and saucer. Beautiful all over design and 
good proportion in bands. 
No. 442. Plate. Good border suggestion for fish plate. 
No. 960. Cup and saucer. Blue enamel background and 
gold design outlined in black, good all over design and ex- 
tremely rich in effect. 
No. 946. Jar. Very rich in effect, raised polychrome 
enamels on gold in panels, good proportions. 
No. 972. Plate. Rich enamel effect. Note proportions 
in bands, also the fine diaper of background. 
No. 965. Plate. Note the rich effect of the dark rose 
enamel on the lighter pink enamel of the rim in diaper pattern. 
No. 962. Plate. Delicate running design of gold and 
very fine color in the rose enamel flower. 
No. 982. Cup and saucer. Note curious treatment in 
medallions of the iron reds and the gold pinks. 
No. 980. Grotesque treatment of animals, but good in 
color effect. 
No. 954. Cup and saucer. Note effect of gold design in 
band, and the red diaper pattern. 
No. 702. Note shape of medallions and the naturalistic 
treatment of flowers and curious tone in the leaves. 
No. 873. Cup and saucer. Delightful design in red and 
gold on white. 
No. 876. Another cup and saucer in red and gold on 
white. Note beautiful shape of panels. 
No. 865. Cup and saucer. Beautiful and rich effect in 
the bands. 
No. 1004. Vase. Fine color of rose enamel opaque, 
good design top and base. 
No. 1019. Exquisite vase in rose enamel, transparent. 
Note the unevenness of the enamel background which makes 
the color vibrate, the effect being much more artistic than 
No. 1004, with a smooth even tone. The charming medal- 
lions at the top with a touch of black give great tone to this 
and also the orange red blossoms here and there which are 
handled in a masterly way. The yellow greens hold it to- 
gether with the rose enamel. 
No. 1002. Plate. Beautiful drawing of poppies. 
No. 1045. Cup and saucer. Charming panels in red, 
white and gold. 
No. 1083. Good all over design in the background. 
