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Examples of household taste (1875)

Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 189

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- riety of vases shown. There were specimens of the form and styles of deco-ration obtaining in Japan, China and Persia some centuries ago, with copies inmajolica of the famous Urbino ware, the handles formed of curiously twistedand contorted snakes and grotesques. There were also tall, slender… … Water-Pitcher: Reed & Barton, Taunton. nent in the collection were the Victoria vases with their dragon-handles andgracefully curved outline, in a shape which seems to be a favorite one at this INDUSTRIAL ART 175 time. Of these latter, the most noticeable was the huge Victoria vase par

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts

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