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THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS

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We introduce upon this page engravings oftwo Silver Jugs, which we have selected fromthe contributions of Mr. Joseph Angell, of Lon-don, designer and manufacturer of silver ware.

walls, or sculptured frieze of a temple, becomes ludicrousand vulgar if perpetrated in paper-hangings or wrought ina carpet. These principles are general in their scope andapplication, and the not infrequent violation of them which

we shall have occasion to comment upon in the Re-cord, shows how necessary a wide-spread aesthetic cultureis, before we can become a really civilized and polishedpeople.

The first is ornamented in relief with a vine bear-ing clusters of grapes, and we presume that itis intended for a claret jug; the special object ofthe other we have not ascertained. In articleswhich, like these, are designed to be useful notless than ornamental, greater regard should be hadto the fitness of the vessel’s shape and ornament toits intended purpose. A jug may have all the ele-gance within the power of art to bestow, but, atthe same time, the fact should not be forgottenthat a fluid is to be contained in it, and poured.from it, and its shape should be moulded with re-ference to these essential uses. Its mouth mustbe capacious enough to admit the hand in cleans-ing its interior, and to permit its contents to bepoured out without the necessity of invertingit like a bottle, and the handles should be placedso as to facilitate this operation. In articles of

The Ganymede of Thorwaldsen, the original work of thatgreat sculptor, is exhibited by Edward Bech, Esq., the Danishconsul for New-York. In that beautiful mythology which,in every age, has furnished to the sculptor the finest subjectsof his art, the son of Tros and Callirhoe is said to have sur-passed all mortals in beauty, for which, by command of Jupi-

ter, he was carried off to heaven, where he was endowedwith immortal youth, and made cup-bearer of the gods inplace of Hebe. The sculptor, following the customary ex-ample of ancient art, represents a beautiful youth, with aPhrygian cap, kneeling, and giving food to the eagle from apatera.

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utility, symmetry and elegance must not be con-sidered apart from use, but in connection with it,since what is abstractly graceful may become lessor not at all so, when it is obviously misapplied toforeign or incompatible purposes. A design whichwould bo noble and beautiful on the frescoed

The ornamental Fire Grate here engraved, is exhibit-ed by George Walker, of New-York. The body, and thescroll-work with which it is profusely decorated, are excel-lent examples of fine castings in iron. The arched mould-

ings surrounding the fire, and the horizontal moulding above,are covered with a brilliant varnish or enamel, and the spacebetween them has landscape vignettes painted in colors andcovered with plate-glass.