International studio (31.1907)

New York Society of Keramic Arts


CERAMICS

BY MISS HELEN WALSH

colouring always attracting notice. Among the
wares of other notable studios were some pieces
from Newcombe College, the deeply indented pat-
terns appearing on pitchers, candlesticks, rose-jars
and vases, and bearing the names of Joseph Meyer,
Sarah Irvine and Henrietta Bailey.
A collection of Grueby ware in faience runs the
gamut of dull blues, greens and shaded browns.
One big blue jar had an indeterminate pattern of a
flower under the glaze. The Dedham potteries dis-
played their unmistakeable blue and white ware with
crackle finish, the motifs of the decorations being
butterflies, rabbits, dolphins, turtles, lobsters and
dogs.
There were a covered dish, mugs and many
plates of different sizes, all with conventionalised
designs in blue on white, of an individual tint and
satisfactory shapes. The Handicraft Guild of
Minneapolis had a collection of vases and jars
with the dull matte glaze in browns, greens and
blues.
A number of artistic garden tubs were from the
studio of Mrs. C. Poillon. Miss Mary Chase Perry,
of Detroit, Mich., displayed a large variety of tiles,
the colours being clear, soft and mellow, the pat-
terns in great variety and of different sizes. Ivory
and brown, brown and green, robin’s egg blue,
were some of the combinations, while birds, leaf

and forest forms and geometric patterns were
used.
After the style of the Della Robbia were some large
pieces of artistic clays from the Atlantic Terra
Cotta Company, such as have lately been used in
outdoor decoration of buildings, and are in the
fayade of Dr. Parkhurst’s church, in Madison
Square. The colouring was bright and pure in
these pieces, which seem well adapted to such
service.
A fine collection of old Persian, Italian and
Turkish plates and jars were loaned by the Ivele-
kian Art Company, and added to the attractive-
ness of the exhibition. Some of the specimens,
with intricate patterns and marvellously soft and
fine colouring, were several hundred years old, and
came from Damascus, Rhodia and Bokhara.
The lately elected officers of the New York
Society of Keramic Arts are : President, Miss Maud
M. Mason; first vice-president, Mrs. A. B. Leon-
ard ; second vice-president, Charles Volkmar;
third vice-president, Mrs. Sara W. Salford; record-
ing secretary, Miss Elizabeth Hardenberg; corre-
sponding secretary, Miss Helen Walsh, and treas-
urer, Mrs. A. F. Sherman. Chairmen of standing
committees: Of arts, Miss Edith Penman; of eli-
gibility, Miss C. Hof man; of finance, Miss Elizabeth
Mason, and of printing, Miss Etna Christianson.

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