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RERAMIC STUDIO 
SEA HORSE FISH PLATE-ADELAIDE ALSOP-ROBINEAU 
THIS design, though rather eccentric, illustrates two points 
of interest to students of designs, for which reason, its 
eccentricity may, perhaps, be pardoned. The first point is 
that it needs no great power of imagination to find new and 
quaint motifs. The silhouette is an almost unconvention- 
alized one of the Sea Horse which is found about Australia. 
I happened upon it the other day in a book of natural history 
and it immediately struck me as oddly similar to the Chinese 
dragon in general appearance. 
Many other quaint animals, birds, insects, etc., can be 
found which will suggest interesting decorations, so that one 
need not be at loss for a new motif. 
The second point to which I would like to call attention, 
is the feeling of motion in the design. This is not especially 
