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KERAMIC STUDIO 
MAUD M. MASON ----- 
218 East 59th Street, New York City 
Page Editor 
FOR OUR INSPIRATION 
THE group of beautiful old Persian tiles given this month 
for the inspiration of our ceramic workers, I have found 
a great source of joy. These photographs I took myself some 
years ago from a wonderful group of tiles in the South Kensing- 
ton Museum in London. I know of no museum that has so 
much to offer the ceramic worker as has the Indian section of 
this one, it being crowded with beautiful examples of the 
ceramic art. 
Every corner of these tiles is full of suggestions and the 
spirited movement of the lines conveys a sense of gayety and 
delight in pattern making that is fascinating. The light and 
dark of these designs is also very fine, the back-ground spacing 
playing a very important part in the delightful whole. I 
hope they will give as much pleasure to others as they have 
to me. 
A late letter from Miss Mason says "This has been the 
best selling season that I have ever experienced in all my years 
of work in ceramics. This ought to be encouraging for us all." 
M M 
PLATE, GRAPE AND LEAF MOTIF (Supplement) 
IF the black background is used, first trace design and paint 
in background with best black paint. When dry it may 
be dusted with same color to strengthen it. Then lay enamels 
in smooth flat tones, for the greens using equal parts Mason's 
Emerald Green and Oriental Turquoise relief enamels. Grapes 
are Madder and Light Carmine enamels, equal parts. The 
Yellow is Orange enamel. 
PLATE, GRAPE AND LEAF MOTIF 
