PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS
Page 31 – ROYAL BERLIN PORCELAIN VASE
ROYAL BERLIN PORCELAIN VASE.—There were some very beautiful objects in the porcelain display by Germany, in the Manufactures Building, but easily first was the Royal Porcelain Vase, nine feet in height, which is the subject of this illustration. It was part of the showing made by the Royal Berlin Porcelain Works, which are conducted under government patronage, and was one of the largest, if not the largest, vase of the kind ever made. It may be added that the vase will yet be admired by hosts of Americans, for it has become one of the treasures of the new Columbian Museum, it and other pieces having been so secured through the efforts of Mr. Horstmann, of Berlin. The vase stood on a carved wooden pedestal. Its body was a cobalt blue while the upper portion, where were the exquisitely modeled flowers and cupids, varied in color to meet the natural requirements. The flowers, cupids and the panel in front were the only decorations. The medallion, upon which appears a cupid’s face, was an iron-red, a characteristic color of the works where the vase was produced. The modeling, was, of course, all of the most delicate of handwork, and in both conception and execution commanded the warmest admiration of experts, as well as of the general public.