International studio (25.1905)

the case of the Sev-
res porcelain, ob-
taining a body of
fine texture and re-
markable quality of
colour. The texture
is less delicate, of
course, than the
higher heated Co-
penhagen, which is,
however, limited in
comparison to cold
bluish tones;
whereas the sub-
stitution of an oil
for a wood fuse has
resulted in surpris-
ingly beautiful ef-
fects. The colours
run the gamut from intense blues to yellows and
orange, though the general tone is mellow and sober.
The matte surfaces are particularly prized by the
originators, and are extremely smooth to the touch
and warm in appearance. The sheen proves the more
popular, and the crystalline effects; but it is too soon
to say that this process may not educate its public
to the more beautiful finish. Something like fifty
per cent, of the product is commonly lost in the
firing, and it is, of course, not possible to count
precisely on results, even when in themselves suc-
cessful. Several of the happiest effects have appar-
ently been surprises. The range of possibilities,
indeed, has only just begun to be explored.
In the overglaze work, Marshal Fry had a case

SOCIETY OF KERAMIC ARTS EXHIBITION
PORCELAINS WITH CRYSTALLINE GLAZES BY MRS. ALSOP-ROBINEAU

containing perhaps a dozen pieces of his work,
marked by his usual freedom and assurance, of
touch and an arresting quality of conception/ We
show in reproduction a number of bowls decorated
by Mr. Fry, charming in design and treatment.
His treatment of landscape in design was strong
and bold, as in the decoration of a tall, straight
vessel, showing in the deep and cool greens of night
the moon rising over a river and visible between
long stems of trees supporting a border of foliage at
the rim. Particularly pleasing in form and in flat
tones of gray was a jar bearing at its greatest
diameter a band of landscape in warmer tints. The
Jack-in-the-pulpit was happily treated on a
pitcher. This motive seems to have become quite
popular J!. for the moment,
several other workers hav-
ing taken the decorative
flower into favour.
Miss Mason sustained her
high standing among our
leading craftsmen, with sev-
eral beautiful pieces of over-
glaze work of great strength
and delicacy. An admirable
treatment,!}here reproduced,
of a wild flower familiar in
our summerfields as " Queen
Anne's lace," made a note-
worthy decoration for a large
vase of graceful lines, being
done with much simplicity
and the colours hooded on
splendidly. Miss Mason, too,
showed an example of land.

SOCIETY OF KERAMIC ARTS EXHIBITION
OVERGLAZE DECORATION BY MRS. ANNA B. LEONARD

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