German Punch Bowl from the 1893 World’s Fair Joins Art Institute of Chicago Collection

A monumental porcelain punch bowl made for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago has returned to this city. On July 11, 2025, the Art Institute of Chicago reopened the Eloise W. Martin Galleries, where 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century European designs are displayed. Among the new works added to the collection is a Rococo punch bowl created by the Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, K.P.M.) in 1892. This item was one of the many wonders exhibited around the “porcelain [...]

By Scott|2025-07-12T19:31:16-05:00July 12th, 2025|Categories: ANTIQUES, NEWS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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163. Picturesque World’s Fair – The German Porcelain Display

THE GERMAN PORCELAIN DISPLAY.—What proved one of the greatest attractions to art lovers who visited the German section in the Manufactures Building was the wonderful porcelain display. No collection of just the same character and quality had ever before been seen in the United States, nor, indeed, elsewhere, and a delighted throng was constantly examining this portion of Germany's fine exhibit. The illustration affords a good idea of the general style of arrangement, something devised by the most famous [...]

By Randy|2025-07-12T08:42:33-05:00April 8th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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“Halcyon Days in the Dream City’’ Part 9: Manufactures Building

Halcyon Days in the Dream City by Mrs. D. C. Taylor Continued from Part 8 Pause, before you enter, and gaze upon this mighty mass of crystal and iron;[1] union of purity and strength, seemingly so frail and airy, and yet in reality so firm and stable. Look at the roof, like a huge translucent wave, at the grand majestic archways towering high above you, with their pictured allegorys [sic] smiling down upon you from their airy heights.[2] Step [...]

By Scott|2021-04-02T11:21:41-05:00November 15th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , |2 Comments
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THE CITY OF WONDERS: A Souvenir of the World’s Fair (Chapter 5)

THE CITY OF WONDERS A SOUVENIR OF THE WORLD'S FAIR by Mary Catherine Crowley (1894)

By Scott|2019-12-26T11:04:45-06:00December 26th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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Germany’s “Glory of Germania” Tile Painting in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building

Within the enormous Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building on the fairgrounds of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition stood the imposing German Pavilion. Along with the other world powers of the era—Great Britain, France, and the United States—Germany displayed her national output in a prominent location around the central clock tower along the middle stretch of Columbia Avenue. Floorplan of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building [Image from Diagrams of World's Fair Buildings. Rand McNally, 1893.] Occupying a section [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:30:10-06:00August 7th, 2018|Categories: HISTORY|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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