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The Art journal illustrated catalogue: the industry of all nations, 1851
(1851)

The Art journal illustrated catalogue of the industry of all nations,   pp. 1-328


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                                       THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS.
right to say, that Mr. Copeland challenges a cor- man Copeland a larger space
than we shall be man. The statuette of SAPPHO is from the
paison between his productions and those of able to accord generally even
to manufacturers of                              if      t
either Dresden or SRvres-in so far as concerns the first order; but his works
are very numerous
articles made especially for trade-and that from  and excellent, and although
we assume to have
such comparison he does not shrink- as regards  selected the best, we have
left unrepresented a
either the materials, its ornamentation, or its mass of interesting and beautiful
productions.
price. We have devoted to the works of Alder- For instance, out of forty
statuettes in statuary
porcelain, we engrave but two-the "Sappho,"  others of great merit
and beauty formed in this
after Theed; and the " Bacchus and Ino,"    valuable material.
The tazza, called " THE DOVE
after Foley: setting aside the "Sabrina," after TAZZA," which
commences the preceding page,
Marshall; the "Indian and the Negro," after is a superb ornament,
peculiarly adapted for
Cumberworth; the "Venus," after Gibson, and  general purposes of
elegant decoration; it is
                  original, by M. Theed,-an artist of high ability,
executed in fine porcelain the doves, from the  are
celebrated doves Of the Capitol, together wihpnan    aBR"ACKET called
o the foiage BRACKeT
the festoons Of flowers, and the embossment The EWER AND    ASI  hchacomenc
thsIV   pRageT
                                                      BASI    N  whichcommnc
this pag
ge:erly, are richly glt. On the Sams Page, are in the Greek style, with outlines
after Flax- who has been for a long time resident in Rome.
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