2^0 
HXRAMIC STUDIO 
DESIGN FOR VASE 
Frederick Wilson 
THE ground of this design should be a soft grey shading 
into quite a deep greyish blue green at the top and 
taking on more pink in the base tone. The dotted portions 
should be a deeper tone of the same grey. The design should 
be carried^out in a soft greyish pink and grey green with or 
without outlines of a darker grey. For those preferring a more 
striking effect, combinations of black, gold and lustre will 
suggest themselves. 
*• i> 
THE COLLECTOR 
IN these old Canton bowls, the Oriental motifs of decoration 
may be traced, which led English potters and engravers 
to design the "Willow," "Pagoda," "Canton" and "Nankin" 
patterns, which under the general name "The Willow Pat- 
tern" have been handed down to us. Information in regard 
to these English patterns is very scarce and from the study of 
old wood cuts with brief descriptions of the same, which have 
appeared in first one book and then another, we have formed 
ideas which have now become popular and are looked upon as 
facts. Whether they be or not remains to be proven. 
Before undertaking definite study of these old designs 
themselves, it is well to train the eye in Oriental ornament. 
Chinese Art is not any more haphazard than classic Greek, 
both are historic. Certain designs have been used in China 
for centuries, which like all patterns were originally symbolic 
and full of significance. On very old pieces of Canton ware, 
we find these details of ornament used to form elaborate 
borders, and such old pieces were copied by European pot- 
ters, who sometimes, by adding to them, entirely changed 
their symbolic meaning. 
If collectors will examine carefully the borders of their 
old English plates of Oriental design, and will have the same 
photographed for comparative study, giving marks, and any 
tradition pertaining to their heirlooms, a great amount of 
definite information may be gathered, which all inter- 
ested in the study of old pottery and porcelain would greatly 
appreciate. 
The Oriental wares and patterns, which antedate the 
English efforts at reproduction, are in very truth the ancestors 
