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THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS.

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juster appreciation of the true place and uses of Art.We are no longer contented with the plainness that wasonce satisiactory. A de-mand for decoration hasarisen in every branch ofmanufactures ; and al-though ornament has some-times been used to excess,and inappropriately, it isstill a movement in the rightdirection, and shows the ne-cessity of an art-educationamong the people by fa-miliarity with the worksof the best masters. With-in a few years this has be-come possible by the dis-covery of new methodsand materials capable of re-producing works of highart, with beauty unimpair-ed, and at a price whichmakes them accessible toall. In ceramic manufac-tures, such improvements

have been numerous and important. The introduction ofParian, a comparatively

new material, has given tothese manufactures a feel-ing of Art and a power ofexpressing it unknown inother materials. Sculptureis rendered by, it morefaithfully than pictures byengraving. The rich, trans-parent tone, and semi-opaque shadows of marblepreserve all their softnessm Parian. The introduc-tion of Parian into generaluse for statuettes, vases,and other ornamentalworlds, is due to the enter-prise of Mr. AldermanCopeland, whose exten-s i v e manufactories a tStoke-upon-Trent, Stafford-shire, produce every va-riety of pottery of unsur-passed excellence. We haveenriched several pages ofthe Record with engrav-ings of the more artistic ofthe specimens displayed inthe Exhibition by the agentof Mr. Copeland, CharlesC. Leigh, of New-York.

The first of the exam-ples selected, commencingthe ninth page, is a groupof Pillars, Vases and Seats,for the garden and conser-vatory. Among them isthe celebrated WarwickVase, twenty-two incheshigh and thirty incheswide, surmounting the cen-tral column. The beautyand fitness of these objectsmust commend themselvesto every one who can ap-preciate Art or excellenceof workmanship. Imme-diately below, on the left, isthe Garden Vase, twenty-six inches high, from theTownly Collection in theBritish Museum. On 'theright of the last is a Gre-cian Vase, five inches inheight, with a top perfor-ated to receive cut flowers.Next follows a VintageJug, produced in severalsizes, with a troop of boysgathering the clusters fromencircling vines. On theright, occupying the wholelength of the page, is anoriginal ornate PilasterPanel, painted in encausticor wax, in the Raffaelesquestyle of Arabesque. Themedallion in the centre re-presents a personificationof the United States award-ing a crown to Industry.This beautiful decoration isthe production of EugenioLatilla, an eminent artist

of this city. We continue the illustration of the workscontributed by Mr. Copeland upon this page with an

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engraving

of the Poppy Candlestick, composed,

name implies, of the somniferous plant. The base isformed of expanded leaves, whose stems coil about the

handle, while the socket is made of an open, and the ex-tinguisher of a closed capsule. Underneath it is a VintagePitcher, ornamented with a wreath of vines and grapes,and bearing on its side a design of the infant Bacchus ,holding the thyrsus, andborne in the arms of twoboys. The Hanging Basket,executed in Terra Cotta, isintended for the parlor cul-tivation of Orchidaceousand other trailing plants—an elegant pastime whichwe should be glad to seeintroduced among our coun-trywomen. The cultivationof beautiful flowers is anemployment most fit forbeautiful women. That theirfair hands should tend, andtheir watchful care assistin developing the floralemblems of their ownpurity, and grace, and love-liness, accords with all welike to know or think ofthe daughters of Eve. Acultivated taste for flowersranks with connaissance inthe Fine Arts, as indicatingintelligence and refinement.’Tis a pity that any oneshould wait for expensivegreenhouses to gratify thattaste. A few vases andhanging baskets are all thatis requisite for the cultiva-tion of the rarest and sweet-est of the floral kingdom,and to realize as much plea-sure as maybe gained fromthe princely gardens atChats worth. The statuette,9| inches high, placed onthe right,, represents a Ne-reid, one of the lovely di-vinities to whom the Beau-tiful mythology of ancientGreece assigned the Medi-terranean as their abode,in distinction from theNaiads, who were nymphsof streams and fountains,and the Oceanides, whodwelt in the great ocean.The remainder of the pageis occupied by an Etagere,

1 profusely and elegantlycarved in rosewood. Thisfine specimen of American