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THJD CRYSTAL PALACE AND ITS CONTENTS j
be
iched ITS railli
uthc
of 89 pei
69 millions
g more than
in 1
qua
lni,'.K
A
millions in
u the space
returns it
,!T
ill's tl
ftl
tlio yearly
riod 1S37-1
■IB,
54 a n
11
ons against
■JS27-183G, s
Low
ng nil
iprovoment
comiuoditie
ousu nip lion
1st 128 milli
ma
n tlie
01
in or period,
Lastly, in 11
actur,
d
articles, oo
millions stood against -'>'> millions, being a difference of S3 per cout.
The total exports o\' national produce or manufactures were, in the
decennial period KS:!i>-IS37, ,r21 millions; in the second period, 1S37-1S-16,
it lind reached 713 millions, thin showing mi augmentation of 37 per cent.
Natural produce came in I'or lyi> millions against 'ISii millions, thus showing
an increase of 25 per cent.; while, on the other hand, the improvement in
the sale of manufactured goods was -11 per cent., boing 527 millions against
372 millions.
The idea of this very masterly group, which was exhibited in tho Ciobelli:;
room, is poetical and picturesque, and is ably carried out. The First
Mother appears to be lost in tl reverie as to tho future destinies of her
offspring, the principal incidents of which arc 1'eresinidowod to the spectator
in the bas-relief seulpturings on the pedestal. All things considered, wo
should bo inclined to pronounce this to be one of the finest works of
sculpture in tho .Exhibition. Some have given it tho fanciful title of the
"'First Cradle," or Nature's Cradle;" but as that docs not do justice to
the poetic mystery involved in the conception, wo prefer the simpler
title by which we have denoted it.
ROYAL FAS.—BY DUVEI.LEUOY.
Duvelleroy has made a speclulitc of fans, in (ho production of which he is
perhaps without a rival. His fame extends not only over Europe, but has
made its way to remote quarters of the globe. EVon the Chinese, so
famous for "their fairs, so unwilling to learn, and jealous of change,
have copied his designs. It would be rather difficult to describe
the truly govgoous fan which this celebrated artist has made for the
Emperor of Morocco. It is a fan of wonderful magnificence, and, to say
nothing of the painting and general enrichment, the diamonds and the
jewels (done have cost more than 1000/. He exhibited also a set of fans
illustrating the stories of the " Arabian Nights," which have been made to
order for tho Sult.au of Turkey, But our present business is with tho
i'iviif«i7 roiiul. the subject of our engraving on page 2-io. in this little work
of art her Majesty and Prince Albert are represented sitting in the drawing-
room at Buckingham Palace, surrounded by their lioya! children, after a
picture, by Wiuterhaltor, The handle is of mother-of-pearl, and tho
medallions in carved gold. In the centre of the handle are the Uoyal anus
of England, carved in tdlo rilk-ro, in the thickness of the mother-of-pearl: the
lion and unicorn support (he 'scutcheon ; and the two mottoes, /h-nl xait
qui mal i/ pense, and Dim H nwn droit, appear in lettors of mother-of-pearl
on a ground of gold, Each of the radiating branches is terminated
by a fioyal crown, and tho two principal branches bear, chiselled in tho
mother-of-pearl and richly glided, portraits nf the Queen and her .[loyal
Consort. We understand that M, Duvelleroy employs upwards of two
thousand men. This is easily accounted for, when we slate that he makes
fans as low as n half-penny each, and that even these have, every one of
them, to pass through the hands of fifteon workmen,
SUSPEKS10
This is a very pretty contrivance
in porcelain, of which M. Yoisinlii
Called h
extrer
-MY V01SIKLIBU.
■ suspended vase for flowers, &c., made
exhibited several very pleasing variotios,
THE OUAltDiA^ ANGEL.—BY VITFOZ.
En in the orginal cataloguo la Fortune ct k jcuita enfant; this was an
iinely successful specimen of French bronze-work.
01U8D VASE, BY 0DI0T.
The vase for the centre of a table, exhibited by Odiot, is a stately produc-
tion, in silver, partly bright, partly frosted. ' The devices on tho frioao,
vase, and cover arc ooinposW of attributes to tho God of tho Ocean—
probably out of compliment to the Ocean, in whoso territories tho Great
Exposition was held : at any rate, it would be very appropriate as a yacht
or race cup, and one of tho handsomest things that could bo adopted for
the purpose.
HOOK-CASE.— BY 1HVART AND ANDMEUX.
rhe use of porcelain as an inlay to ebony seems peculiar to this house;
but the present book-ease is not so happv;t specimen of its use as tho casket
in front of it. It is. however, a verv showy piece of furniture, in style
belonging to a late vi,Mki«,ux era, and appears to deserve tho credit of
e of tho best examples of French workmanship in the Exhibition.
Fire-extisouisiiixc. Obhjho. This automatic contrivance was exhibited by
i^Bergm.l.H'extuiumsluu^hv.iuhmmlnesaiKtotb.r parts of a building
specially liable to such accidents. Tlie inventor numces to have a large
tank, containing water, fixed at the t„p of the roomi'this tank to be per-
forated with holes, and to he luted will, a valve pi,,- like a shower bath ;
the plug to be held down by a struig. to ho jixod near the most combusti-
ble materia si m l« ol fire, the string would be burnt, tho plug would
rise, and a deluge of water would bo showered down on tho incipient fire.
MEMOIRS OF WORKING MEN. ^"^===5
JpSIAH WEDGWOOD.
■pIE nauio of JosriH Wedgwood deserves to lie recorded in the W v
of English worthies. To many artists this maybe a namebutl'n
known; it therefore becomes the more necessary, in a work of this fa.' *
' Ms Bta**^^
tion, to state a few facts connected with the life of this extraordin:
He was born on the 12th of July, J 730, at Burslem, in "
his father carried on business as a potter. The limited opporfcimi
afforded him for acquiring education may bo judged of by tho stater
utics
raphe
iall pox.
ally i
that at i
------vlQfl][
years oi ago ho worked in bia cl<k-
ls a "thrower." This occupation he was compell^ L
xruence of an incurable lameness in his right. W i-,» ■!'■'
After a time he entered into partners!)ip'wirh"? ,i„' '"
.t Stoke; and during this period his talent for the m
ental pottery first displayed itself. A dissolutbaTf
1, and, in connection with a person named \\\\v\].),!,'
'cniie-liaudios in imitation of agate and tortoise--;■!-.'■'
.'s, and similar articles. Wedgwood returned to liiad- ■'
the manufacture of a cream-coloured wars. aJjJ
Ho was, by Queen Charlotte, appointed her potter. I]'-'.'
iproviug, he, in conjunction with Mr. Bentley, a mangt
uisiB iviin scientific attainments, obtained the loan of specimens o: scnh'iv--"
vases, cameos, intaglios, medallions, and seals, suitable for iiuitane-n bv-'C
processes Wedgwood had discovered.
His ingenious workmen, trained in his mannlacioiy, produced the most
accurate and beautiful copies of vases from Hercnlaueum, lout by ^'
William Hamilton, J
About this time, 17G3, the celebrated Barberini vase (hi the British
linseum, some time since broken by a lunatic, but now admirably
restored), was offered for sale, and Wedgwood bid against the Duclws; of
Portland: hut on her promising to lend it to him to copy, he withdrew
from bidding, and tho duchess became the purchaser, at the priee of
eighteen hundred guineas. Wedgwood sold fifty copies of it at fifty
guineas each, but tho cost of producing them exceeded tlie amount of Slits
sum thus obtained, After numerous experiments upon various kinds of
clay and colouring substances, be succeeded in producing the most
delicate cameos, medallions, and miniature pieces of sculpture in a
substance so bard as to resist all ordinary causes .of destruction or injury.
Another important discovery made by hi in was that of painting on vases
and other similar articles, without the glossy appearance of ordinary
painting on porcelain or earthenware—an art practised by the ancient
Etruscans, but lost since tho time of Pliny.
Amongst other artists employed by Wedgwood was Flax
assisted hii
ho-v
< the lir.
a produ.
_■ those tiof
1771
Lyne, am'
point of ai
Not on
pottor
tiful sculpturesque ornaments,
";e in pottery,
ho erected near Newcastle
rid! Hero his works bee
rhich
n- manufactory, to
eful measures. On
lly did he encourage artists, but be cr<
.nd by his taste and talent improved the in
■ood's success led to the establishment ol
various parts of the continent of Europe, as well
Great Britain and Ireland,
His oxortions woro not merely confined to his
were eheerfullv srivoii to the establishing of several
tho 17th of July, 1766. he cut the first clod for the formation of the Tivi
and Mersey Canal, which, by the skill of Brindley. completed ft nOTigMW
communication between the potteries of Staffordshire and tlie shores e^
Devonshire, Dorsetshire, and Kent. Wedgwood was a Fellow oi w:
Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, and had bestowed con-
siderable attention on the science of tho action of light, with a W^r
Using the images produced bv the camera; but neither he nor
Humphry Davy, who also investigated the subject, were »™»TJ
enough to discover any method of rotaining these images—a wonder
step in chemistry applied to the Aria, wdiich was reserved for 8SP*'
nearly half a century later. ....j
After a successful and n„„„„,..,i.i„ „.,,.„„„ i„. ,„i,;,.i> Xfndcwooa
an ample fortune, he died,.
honourable career, by which Wedgwood a:^^;
, at the age of sixty-live, on the 3rd of January i '• ■
i liKix-n-Ai
ad.—Mr. Savace, of Birmingham, exhibited a machine
which, by means of a common alarum clock hung at the head of tia,'
and adjusted to go off at the desired hour, the front legs of the Dsos *™
immediately the alarum ceases ringing, are made to fold nndernea : j .^
the sleeper, without any jerk or the siighiesl personal danger, is p ^
the middle of the room ; where, at the option of the possessor,-a c
can bo placed. Tho expense of this bedstead is little, if any, mow
that of an ordinary one. , -. . y , 50ll
Judkln's Sewixo Machine—sews in a circle, curve, ov straight)i:l ' j
stitches per minute; tho rack in wdiich the cloth is placed being ^
forward by a spring, at a given distance for every stitch. lik0f\ „j tlie
threads—ono is carried in the shuttle, tho other taken Irom ai1\|0". .md.
top of the machine, and gassed through tho cloth by tho no
when withdrawn, both threads are locked in a las tin
stitch.
be
iched ITS railli
uthc
of 89 pei
69 millions
g more than
in 1
qua
lni,'.K
A
millions in
u the space
returns it
,!T
ill's tl
ftl
tlio yearly
riod 1S37-1
■IB,
54 a n
11
ons against
■JS27-183G, s
Low
ng nil
iprovoment
comiuoditie
ousu nip lion
1st 128 milli
ma
n tlie
01
in or period,
Lastly, in 11
actur,
d
articles, oo
millions stood against -'>'> millions, being a difference of S3 per cout.
The total exports o\' national produce or manufactures were, in the
decennial period KS:!i>-IS37, ,r21 millions; in the second period, 1S37-1S-16,
it lind reached 713 millions, thin showing mi augmentation of 37 per cent.
Natural produce came in I'or lyi> millions against 'ISii millions, thus showing
an increase of 25 per cent.; while, on the other hand, the improvement in
the sale of manufactured goods was -11 per cent., boing 527 millions against
372 millions.
The idea of this very masterly group, which was exhibited in tho Ciobelli:;
room, is poetical and picturesque, and is ably carried out. The First
Mother appears to be lost in tl reverie as to tho future destinies of her
offspring, the principal incidents of which arc 1'eresinidowod to the spectator
in the bas-relief seulpturings on the pedestal. All things considered, wo
should bo inclined to pronounce this to be one of the finest works of
sculpture in tho .Exhibition. Some have given it tho fanciful title of the
"'First Cradle," or Nature's Cradle;" but as that docs not do justice to
the poetic mystery involved in the conception, wo prefer the simpler
title by which we have denoted it.
ROYAL FAS.—BY DUVEI.LEUOY.
Duvelleroy has made a speclulitc of fans, in (ho production of which he is
perhaps without a rival. His fame extends not only over Europe, but has
made its way to remote quarters of the globe. EVon the Chinese, so
famous for "their fairs, so unwilling to learn, and jealous of change,
have copied his designs. It would be rather difficult to describe
the truly govgoous fan which this celebrated artist has made for the
Emperor of Morocco. It is a fan of wonderful magnificence, and, to say
nothing of the painting and general enrichment, the diamonds and the
jewels (done have cost more than 1000/. He exhibited also a set of fans
illustrating the stories of the " Arabian Nights," which have been made to
order for tho Sult.au of Turkey, But our present business is with tho
i'iviif«i7 roiiul. the subject of our engraving on page 2-io. in this little work
of art her Majesty and Prince Albert are represented sitting in the drawing-
room at Buckingham Palace, surrounded by their lioya! children, after a
picture, by Wiuterhaltor, The handle is of mother-of-pearl, and tho
medallions in carved gold. In the centre of the handle are the Uoyal anus
of England, carved in tdlo rilk-ro, in the thickness of the mother-of-pearl: the
lion and unicorn support (he 'scutcheon ; and the two mottoes, /h-nl xait
qui mal i/ pense, and Dim H nwn droit, appear in lettors of mother-of-pearl
on a ground of gold, Each of the radiating branches is terminated
by a fioyal crown, and tho two principal branches bear, chiselled in tho
mother-of-pearl and richly glided, portraits nf the Queen and her .[loyal
Consort. We understand that M, Duvelleroy employs upwards of two
thousand men. This is easily accounted for, when we slate that he makes
fans as low as n half-penny each, and that even these have, every one of
them, to pass through the hands of fifteon workmen,
SUSPEKS10
This is a very pretty contrivance
in porcelain, of which M. Yoisinlii
Called h
extrer
-MY V01SIKLIBU.
■ suspended vase for flowers, &c., made
exhibited several very pleasing variotios,
THE OUAltDiA^ ANGEL.—BY VITFOZ.
En in the orginal cataloguo la Fortune ct k jcuita enfant; this was an
iinely successful specimen of French bronze-work.
01U8D VASE, BY 0DI0T.
The vase for the centre of a table, exhibited by Odiot, is a stately produc-
tion, in silver, partly bright, partly frosted. ' The devices on tho frioao,
vase, and cover arc ooinposW of attributes to tho God of tho Ocean—
probably out of compliment to the Ocean, in whoso territories tho Great
Exposition was held : at any rate, it would be very appropriate as a yacht
or race cup, and one of tho handsomest things that could bo adopted for
the purpose.
HOOK-CASE.— BY 1HVART AND ANDMEUX.
rhe use of porcelain as an inlay to ebony seems peculiar to this house;
but the present book-ease is not so happv;t specimen of its use as tho casket
in front of it. It is. however, a verv showy piece of furniture, in style
belonging to a late vi,Mki«,ux era, and appears to deserve tho credit of
e of tho best examples of French workmanship in the Exhibition.
Fire-extisouisiiixc. Obhjho. This automatic contrivance was exhibited by
i^Bergm.l.H'extuiumsluu^hv.iuhmmlnesaiKtotb.r parts of a building
specially liable to such accidents. Tlie inventor numces to have a large
tank, containing water, fixed at the t„p of the roomi'this tank to be per-
forated with holes, and to he luted will, a valve pi,,- like a shower bath ;
the plug to be held down by a struig. to ho jixod near the most combusti-
ble materia si m l« ol fire, the string would be burnt, tho plug would
rise, and a deluge of water would bo showered down on tho incipient fire.
MEMOIRS OF WORKING MEN. ^"^===5
JpSIAH WEDGWOOD.
■pIE nauio of JosriH Wedgwood deserves to lie recorded in the W v
of English worthies. To many artists this maybe a namebutl'n
known; it therefore becomes the more necessary, in a work of this fa.' *
' Ms Bta**^^
tion, to state a few facts connected with the life of this extraordin:
He was born on the 12th of July, J 730, at Burslem, in "
his father carried on business as a potter. The limited opporfcimi
afforded him for acquiring education may bo judged of by tho stater
utics
raphe
iall pox.
ally i
that at i
------vlQfl][
years oi ago ho worked in bia cl<k-
ls a "thrower." This occupation he was compell^ L
xruence of an incurable lameness in his right. W i-,» ■!'■'
After a time he entered into partners!)ip'wirh"? ,i„' '"
.t Stoke; and during this period his talent for the m
ental pottery first displayed itself. A dissolutbaTf
1, and, in connection with a person named \\\\v\].),!,'
'cniie-liaudios in imitation of agate and tortoise--;■!-.'■'
.'s, and similar articles. Wedgwood returned to liiad- ■'
the manufacture of a cream-coloured wars. aJjJ
Ho was, by Queen Charlotte, appointed her potter. I]'-'.'
iproviug, he, in conjunction with Mr. Bentley, a mangt
uisiB iviin scientific attainments, obtained the loan of specimens o: scnh'iv--"
vases, cameos, intaglios, medallions, and seals, suitable for iiuitane-n bv-'C
processes Wedgwood had discovered.
His ingenious workmen, trained in his mannlacioiy, produced the most
accurate and beautiful copies of vases from Hercnlaueum, lout by ^'
William Hamilton, J
About this time, 17G3, the celebrated Barberini vase (hi the British
linseum, some time since broken by a lunatic, but now admirably
restored), was offered for sale, and Wedgwood bid against the Duclws; of
Portland: hut on her promising to lend it to him to copy, he withdrew
from bidding, and tho duchess became the purchaser, at the priee of
eighteen hundred guineas. Wedgwood sold fifty copies of it at fifty
guineas each, but tho cost of producing them exceeded tlie amount of Slits
sum thus obtained, After numerous experiments upon various kinds of
clay and colouring substances, be succeeded in producing the most
delicate cameos, medallions, and miniature pieces of sculpture in a
substance so bard as to resist all ordinary causes .of destruction or injury.
Another important discovery made by hi in was that of painting on vases
and other similar articles, without the glossy appearance of ordinary
painting on porcelain or earthenware—an art practised by the ancient
Etruscans, but lost since tho time of Pliny.
Amongst other artists employed by Wedgwood was Flax
assisted hii
ho-v
< the lir.
a produ.
_■ those tiof
1771
Lyne, am'
point of ai
Not on
pottor
tiful sculpturesque ornaments,
";e in pottery,
ho erected near Newcastle
rid! Hero his works bee
rhich
n- manufactory, to
eful measures. On
lly did he encourage artists, but be cr<
.nd by his taste and talent improved the in
■ood's success led to the establishment ol
various parts of the continent of Europe, as well
Great Britain and Ireland,
His oxortions woro not merely confined to his
were eheerfullv srivoii to the establishing of several
tho 17th of July, 1766. he cut the first clod for the formation of the Tivi
and Mersey Canal, which, by the skill of Brindley. completed ft nOTigMW
communication between the potteries of Staffordshire and tlie shores e^
Devonshire, Dorsetshire, and Kent. Wedgwood was a Fellow oi w:
Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, and had bestowed con-
siderable attention on the science of tho action of light, with a W^r
Using the images produced bv the camera; but neither he nor
Humphry Davy, who also investigated the subject, were »™»TJ
enough to discover any method of rotaining these images—a wonder
step in chemistry applied to the Aria, wdiich was reserved for 8SP*'
nearly half a century later. ....j
After a successful and n„„„„,..,i.i„ „.,,.„„„ i„. ,„i,;,.i> Xfndcwooa
an ample fortune, he died,.
honourable career, by which Wedgwood a:^^;
, at the age of sixty-live, on the 3rd of January i '• ■
i liKix-n-Ai
ad.—Mr. Savace, of Birmingham, exhibited a machine
which, by means of a common alarum clock hung at the head of tia,'
and adjusted to go off at the desired hour, the front legs of the Dsos *™
immediately the alarum ceases ringing, are made to fold nndernea : j .^
the sleeper, without any jerk or the siighiesl personal danger, is p ^
the middle of the room ; where, at the option of the possessor,-a c
can bo placed. Tho expense of this bedstead is little, if any, mow
that of an ordinary one. , -. . y , 50ll
Judkln's Sewixo Machine—sews in a circle, curve, ov straight)i:l ' j
stitches per minute; tho rack in wdiich the cloth is placed being ^
forward by a spring, at a given distance for every stitch. lik0f\ „j tlie
threads—ono is carried in the shuttle, tho other taken Irom ai1\|0". .md.
top of the machine, and gassed through tho cloth by tho no
when withdrawn, both threads are locked in a las tin
stitch.