Exemples de goût ménage . oticeable-fabrication de pointe en Russie est particulièrement visible dans la décoration de theirpottery. Dans les exemples présentés à la page 280 de la faïence, russe enamelcolors, principalement rouge, bleu, vert et jaune, sont disposés à donner le highestcontrasts ; et n'a pas l'arrangement conclu avec un art consommé, l'effet 282 L'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE, 1876. serait trop mauvais goût d'être agréable ; mais si par l'instinct ou la formation, qui-peut-être jamais, les artistes décoratifs de la Russie ont certainement un bon taux de satisfaction de la limite à laquelle le traitement peut-couleur b

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Examples of household taste . oticeable in theart-workmanship of Russia is peculiarly visible in the decoration of theirpottery. In the examples shown on page 280 of Russian Faience, the enamelcolors, principally red, blue, green, and yellow, are arranged to give the highestcontrasts; and was not the arrangement made with consummate skill, the effect 282 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. would be too gaudy to be pleasing; but whether by instinct or training, which-ever it may be, the decorative artists of Russia certainly have a fine apprecia-tion of the limits to which color-treatment can be carried, and while in desieninor they mostly con-fine themselvesto geometriclorms, in the useof pigments theygive their fancyfree play. How differentis the treatmentof the decorationin these piecesfrom that of theornament illus-trated on page281, though allare of the samematerial, faience.This piece is oneof the numerousart-works exhib-ited by theMessrs. Daniell& Son, of Lon-don, and shows, as indeed did thegreat bulk of. their display, theperfection of theEnglish pottersart. In studyingthis fine piece ofwork, the eyenaturally restsfirst upon thetwo little vine- wreathed figures resting against Bronze Vase : yapancse Court. the base of thecolumn, theirhands full offruit. The poseof these littlefellows is charm-ingly gracefuland pretty, andthe contours andflesh-tints havebeen wonderfullywell preservedthrough all theseveral firingswhich the piece had to undergo before it was finished. From these figures we turn to theother ornamentation, the scroll-work and shell-shaped receptacles at the base, the elaborate bracket-for the fruit-baskets at the sides, the medallion onthe base of the column, and the shaft itself, capped by a third and larger basketfor fruit and Mowers, and finally the harmony and proportion of the whole is INDUSTRIAL ART. 283 observed. The piece possesses the rare merit of being pleasing just as itappears, while the imagination, picturing it in use, its baskets he

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