DOI Heft:
No. 160 (July, 1906)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Artikel:Reviews and notices
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20715#0201
Reviews and Notices
back to the thirteenth century. The re-construction
has been designed by the painter Eilif Peterssen,and
the engraving has been done by Ivar Throndsen,
engraver to the Norwegian Royal Mint. The
reverse side is the same as formerly. We also
reproduce two of the medals struck in com-
memoration of the coronation of the King and
Queen. These likewise have been engraved by
Mr. Throndsen.
COIN OF THE NEW ENGRAVED BY
KINGDOM OF NORWAY IVAR THRONDSEN
on account of its truly national character and by
the variety of talent it presented.
Following immediately after this landscape ex-
hibition, which lasted a fortnight, the Fine Art
Society opened its annual ex-
hibition, its president, H.M.
the King of Portugal, being
one of the exhibitors. The
society has presented to the
Municipal Council of Lis-
bon the designs for the new
Palace of Fine Arts, the
construction of which the
society is about to under-
take.
It is interesting to note
that arrangements are in
progress for the holding of
an exhibition at one of the
London galleries of works
by Portuguese artists.
M. du F.
HRISTIANIA.
—We reproduce
heie the obverse
of the first Nor-
wegian coin minted with the
name of King Haakon VII.
It bears the Norwegian
arms and is constructed
after the old seal, dating
REVIEWS AND NOTICES.
Longton Hah Porcelain. By William Bemrose,
F.S.A. (Derby : Bemrose & Sons.) gC2 2s.—
It is impossible to feel quite the same interest in
Longton Hall porcelain as in the more beautiful
work produced elsewhere. Wanting in the sim-
plicity and dignity of form, delicacy of colour-
ing and suitability of ornamentation characteristic
of Chelsea, early Worcester and Derby porcelain,
that produced at Longton would seem to owe
its value rather to its rarity than to its intrinsic
charm. As a rule the designs are so overladen
with decoration that their outlines are almost
lost, whilst their colouring is generally crude
ENGRAVED BY
IVAR THRONDSEN
COMMEMORATIVE AND OFFICIAL MEDALS OF THE
CORONATION OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF NORWAY
180
back to the thirteenth century. The re-construction
has been designed by the painter Eilif Peterssen,and
the engraving has been done by Ivar Throndsen,
engraver to the Norwegian Royal Mint. The
reverse side is the same as formerly. We also
reproduce two of the medals struck in com-
memoration of the coronation of the King and
Queen. These likewise have been engraved by
Mr. Throndsen.
COIN OF THE NEW ENGRAVED BY
KINGDOM OF NORWAY IVAR THRONDSEN
on account of its truly national character and by
the variety of talent it presented.
Following immediately after this landscape ex-
hibition, which lasted a fortnight, the Fine Art
Society opened its annual ex-
hibition, its president, H.M.
the King of Portugal, being
one of the exhibitors. The
society has presented to the
Municipal Council of Lis-
bon the designs for the new
Palace of Fine Arts, the
construction of which the
society is about to under-
take.
It is interesting to note
that arrangements are in
progress for the holding of
an exhibition at one of the
London galleries of works
by Portuguese artists.
M. du F.
HRISTIANIA.
—We reproduce
heie the obverse
of the first Nor-
wegian coin minted with the
name of King Haakon VII.
It bears the Norwegian
arms and is constructed
after the old seal, dating
REVIEWS AND NOTICES.
Longton Hah Porcelain. By William Bemrose,
F.S.A. (Derby : Bemrose & Sons.) gC2 2s.—
It is impossible to feel quite the same interest in
Longton Hall porcelain as in the more beautiful
work produced elsewhere. Wanting in the sim-
plicity and dignity of form, delicacy of colour-
ing and suitability of ornamentation characteristic
of Chelsea, early Worcester and Derby porcelain,
that produced at Longton would seem to owe
its value rather to its rarity than to its intrinsic
charm. As a rule the designs are so overladen
with decoration that their outlines are almost
lost, whilst their colouring is generally crude
ENGRAVED BY
IVAR THRONDSEN
COMMEMORATIVE AND OFFICIAL MEDALS OF THE
CORONATION OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF NORWAY
180