RERAMIC STUDIO 
191 
THE POTATO BLOSSOM 
Adelaide Alsop-Robiueau 
IT is curious that so decorative a flower as the Potato 
blossom should be so little used or even known to 
decorators. There have been times when it has had a 
short-lived recognition, as when the beaux of Paris wore 
it in their button holes, but nine out of ten would not 
know the flower if they saw it and surely would not rec- 
ognize a drawing of it. Yet the frail star-like white 
blossoms with their rich yellow projecting centers are 
most charmingly grouped on their tall slender stem and 
lend themselves to almost any form and style of deco. 
ration. The blossom is particularly appropriate for dec. 
orating table ware, and a simple conventionalization 
could be easily adapted to the various pieces. A single 
motif, simply conceived and well balanced, not too large 
nor too gaudy in color, dotted at regular intervals and 
combined with bands of color or gold is most satisfactory 
for a number of pieces — and wears well. 
The accompanying designs can be carried out in flat color or enamel 
with or without outline, or in gold outlined in color, or the flower can 
be left white on a tinted ground. 
For the upper plate design we would suggest a simple one tone 
medium dark blue decoration on a white ground, or the stems in 
dark blue and the flowers in white enamel with a rich yellow in 
the center. For the second plate, a treatment in red and gold 
would be effective, making the ornament 
in gold with red outlines, the small design 
in red and the bands in gold with the 
outer one in red. 
