RERAMIC STUDIO 
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and exclusive designs. They ranged in price from $18,000 to 
$50,000. Noted decorators of china had been at work for 
months, and possibly never before has there been such a beau- 
tiful collection of original designs in ceramic art presented to 
the consideration of any one with a similar idea in view. It 
seemed as if any taste could be gratified. Deep rich reds, 
beautiful blues and yellows, rose Du Barry and the different 
shades of green of the very simplest treatments that can be 
imagined were submitted. 
It was a hard matter to arrive at a selection, but Mrs. 
Roosevelt was determined that the design should be simple 
and not at all gaudy. Assisted by her husband, Mrs. Roose- 
velt finally selected for the White House service a simple 
Colonial pattern in gold, with the obverse of the great seal of 
the United States enameled in color as the decorative feature. 
It was made by Wedgwood. This design will be exclusively 
for the White House and copyrighted. It is the first time 
that the great seal has been used for such a purpose. 
That there might be no flaw in the service, Mrs. Roose- 
velt declared the manufacturers should take all the time they 
needed to have a perfect set. It is expected the service will 
be ready for use at one of the January functions in the White 
House. 
The White House service will consist of fifteen dozen 
dinner plates, ten dozen breakfast plates, ten dozen tea plates, 
five dozen bread and butter plates, ten dozen soup plates, 
eight dozen after dinner coffee cups and saucers, ten dozen 
teacups and saucers, ten dozen oyster plates, ten dozen fish 
plates and twenty-four platters. 
The glassware is also strikingly beautiful. It consists of 
144 pieces. The goblets are very thin and so fragile that the 
slightest pressure would break one. 
King Edward has just placed an order for a china set to 
cost $90,000 and another set which is only a few thousand 
dollars cheaper. Russia has the finest china sets in the world, 
the Tsar having one for which he paid $250,000. — A r . Y. Times. 
DESIGN FOR CUP AND SAUCER— FREDK. G. WILSON 
THE Arbutus or Strawberry tree is found about the Lakes 
of Killarney, in the woods in Muckross, and at Glen 
Gariff , near Bantry. The rough bark is rather a reddish brown, 
the leaves are stout, simple shapes, slightly serrated, with 
smooth, dull, glazed surface, not unlike Bay leaves. They 
are a mellow green, with touches of yellow and red on their 
edges. The berries first appear green, and when ripe become 
a gallant scarlet, with a very rough surface, the short stems 
which carry them are a purplish red. 
The cup and saucer design can be carried out in gold on 
a band of yellow brown lustre, the berries being in green lustre, 
or berries scarlet lustre (Ruby over Orange), on a black lustre 
ground, the design being either in green or Roman gold ; 
or the entire design can be carried out in greens. 
